PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 8th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 8th, in Romania, 60.623 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

29.872 were declared cured and discharged and 5.639 asymptomatic patients were discharged at 10 days after detection.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 1.350 new cases of people infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (COVID – 19) were registered, these being cases that had not previously had a positive test. The distribution by counties of the total and new cases can be found in the table below:

No. crt. County Confirmed cases (total) New confirmed cases
1. Alba 806 12
2. Arad 1245 24
3. Argeș 3991 91
4. Bacău 1784 68
5. Bihor 1242 48
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 955 14
7. Botoșani 1199 4
8. Brașov 3579 32
9. Brăila 1033 28
10. Buzău 1530 37
11. Caraș-Severin 391 21
12. Călărași 343 5
13. Cluj 1433 35
14. Constanța 1141 28
15. Covasna 532 9
16. Dâmbovița 2293 69
17. Dolj 932 11
18. Galați 2468 29
19. Giurgiu 455 16
20. Gorj 1047 24
21. Harghita 599 10
22. Hunedoara 1115 26
23. Ialomița 805 18
24. Iași 1691 23
25. Ilfov 1496 45
26. Maramureș 581 25
27. Mehedinți 869 15
28. Mureș 1064 10
29. Neamț 1512 29
30. Olt 898 36
31. Prahova 2560 77
32. Satu Mare 124 1
33. Sălaj 219 5
34. Sibiu 1055 38
35. Suceava 4713 32
36. Teleorman 409 5
37. Timiș 1581 37
38. Tulcea 326 6
39. Vaslui 864 33
40. Vâlcea 607 12
41. Vrancea 1962 41
42. Bucharest 7121 221
43. – 53 –
 TOTAL 60623

 

 1350

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 713 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by county of these cases can be found in the table below:

No. crt. County Positive retest results
1 ALBA 5
2 ARAD 10
3 ARGEŞ 46
4 BACĂU 28
5 BIHOR 14
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 5
7 BOTOŞANI 2
8 BRĂILA 27
9 BRAŞOV 41
10 BUZĂU 12
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 3
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 26
14 CONSTANŢA 16
15 COVASNA 1
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 31
17 DOLJ 17
18 GALAŢI 17
19 GIURGIU 7
20 GORJ 41
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 9
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 18
25 MARAMUREŞ 0
26 MEHEDINŢI 9
27 MUREŞ 10
28 NEAMŢ 13
29 OLT 9
30 PRAHOVA 40
31 SĂLAJ 6
32 SATU MARE 3
33 SIBIU 18
34 SUCEAVA 22
35 TELEORMAN 57
36 TIMIŞ 13
37 TULCEA 2
38 VÂLCEA 32
39 VASLUI 12
40 VRANCEA 0
41 BUCHAREST 72
42 ILFOV 11
TOTAL 713

At the same time, so far, 2.659 people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 7.08.2020 (10:00) – 8.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 43 deaths (21 men and 22 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Brăila, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Gorj, Hunedoara, Iași, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Prahova, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui and Bucharest.

Among these,  1 deaths was recorded in the age group 30-39 years, 2 deaths were recorded in the age group 40-49 years, 5 deaths in the age group 50-59 years, 13 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 13 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 9 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 42 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.595. Of these, 448 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.364.759  tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 21.444 were performed in the last 24 hours, 13.211 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 8.233 on request.

In Romania, 5.607 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.078 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 19.362 people are quarantined at home, and 59 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.130  calls were registered to the unique emergency number and 537 to TELVERDE (0800 800 358).

As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55 of 15.05.2020 regarding some measures for preventing and combating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and the gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 1.134 of contravention sanctions, amounting to 268.370 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 3 crimes were found yesterday, regarding the  thwart the fight against diseases, a crime provided and punished by art. 352 Penal Code.

We remind the citizens that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has operationalized, starting with 04.07.2020, a special telephone line TELVERDE (0800800165) where violations of the sanitary protection norms can be notified.

The calls are taken over by a dispatcher, in an integrated system, and distributed to the territorial structures for the verification of the notified issues.

Regarding the situation of Romanian citizens in other states, 5.612 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,891 in Italy, 570 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.672 in Germany, 157 in Great Britain, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 111 in Austria, 3 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 18 in Greece, 2 in Cyprus and one each in Argentina, Tunisia , Ireland, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, India, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Sweden and Congo Republic. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 123 Romanian citizens abroad, 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 9 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, one in Sweden, one in Switzerland, one in the USA, 1 in Brazil and one in Congo Republic, they died.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 189 were declared cured: 159 in Germany, 18 in France, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Namibia, one in Luxembourg and one in Tunisia.

Note: these data are obtained by the Romanian diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad, either from the competent authorities of the states of residence, insofar as these data are subject to public communication, or directly from Romanian citizens abroad.

We remind citizens to consider only the information verified by official sources and to call for recommendations and other information on the line TELVERDE – 0800.800.358. The TELVERDE number is not an emergency number, it is a telephone line strictly allocated for informing citizens and is valid for national calls from Monday to Friday, between 08.00 and 20.00. Also, Romanians abroad can request information about preventing and combating the virus at the line specially dedicated to them, +4021.320.20.20.

Other decisions, as well as other data of interest, will be made available to the public as soon as possible.

Below we present the situation regarding the infection with COVID – 19 virus (Coronavirus) at European and global level:

Until 7th of August 2020, 1 793 680 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France and Germany.

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED CASES DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
United Kingdom 308.134       (+950)   46.413   (+49)         1.447         –
Spain 309.855     (+4.088)   28.500     (+1)     150.376         –
Italy 249.204       (+401)   35.187     (+6)     201.642     (+319)
France 195.633     (+1.604)   30.312     (+7)       82.968     (+376)
Germany 214.214     (+1.147)     9.183    (+8)     195.935     (+290)

Source: European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CEPCB) (https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en)

OVERALL SITUATION ON 7th of AUGUST 2020
CONFIRMED CASES DEATHS

 

 CURED*

 
19.076.745 (+283.223) 714.618 (+6.903) 11.737.927 (+186.557)

* According to data published by Johns Hopkins CSSE – https://systems.jhu.edu/

* Parenthesis data represent the number of new cases, between 7th-8th of August, 2020

* The CEPCB states that updates at the national level are published on different time coordinates and subsequently processed, which may generate discrepancies between the daily data published by the states and those published by the CEPCB.

Strategic Communication Group

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