PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, August 9th, 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on August 9th, in Romania, 61.768 cases of people infected with COVID – 19 virus (coronavirus) have been confirmed.

30.119 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, 1.145 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 813 7
2. Arad 1271 26
3. Argeș 4062 71
4. Bacău 1815 31
5. Bihor 1294 52
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 963 8
7. Botoșani 1203 4
8. Brașov 3639 60
9. Brăila 1070 37
10. Buzău 1556 26
11. Caraș-Severin 416 25
12. Călărași 347 4
13. Cluj 1445 12
14. Constanța 1166 25
15. Covasna 535 3
16. Dâmbovița 2319 26
17. Dolj 959 27
18. Galați 2534 66
19. Giurgiu 460 5
20. Gorj 1105 58
21. Harghita 605 6
22. Hunedoara 1122 7
23. Ialomița 822 17
24. Iași 1760 69
25. Ilfov 1499 3
26. Maramureș 612 31
27. Mehedinți 882 13
28. Mureș 1082 18
29. Neamț 1528 16
30. Olt 912 14
31. Prahova 2632 72
32. Satu Mare 127 3
33. Sălaj 228 9
34. Sibiu 1072 17
35. Suceava 4731 18
36. Teleorman 411 2
37. Timiș 1620 39
38. Tulcea 326 –
39. Vaslui 865 1
40. Vâlcea 607 –
41. Vrancea 1975 13
42. Bucharest 7322 201
43. – 56 3
 TOTAL 60623

 

 61768

 

Aside from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 534 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 4
2 ARAD 8
3 ARGEŞ 57
4 BACĂU 1
5 BIHOR 11
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 11
7 BOTOŞANI 7
8 BRĂILA 20
9 BRAŞOV 32
10 BUZĂU 2
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 8
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 0
13 CLUJ 5
14 CONSTANŢA 0
15 COVASNA 0
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 23
17 DOLJ 23
18 GALAŢI 23
19 GIURGIU 2
20 GORJ 8
21 HARGHITA 7
22 HUNEDOARA 0
23 IALOMIŢA 1
24 IAŞI 17
25 MARAMUREŞ 2
26 MEHEDINŢI 0
27 MUREŞ 9
28 NEAMŢ 7
29 OLT 1
30 PRAHOVA 41
31 SĂLAJ 0
32 SATU MARE 2
33 SIBIU 15
34 SUCEAVA 14
35 TELEORMAN 26
36 TIMIŞ 1
37 TULCEA 4
38 VÂLCEA 12
39 VASLUI 36
40 VRANCEA 17
41 BUCHAREST 72
42 ILFOV 5
  TOTAL 534

At the same time, so far, 2.700people diagnosed with COVID-19 died.

Between 8.08.2020 (10:00) – 9.08.2020 (10:00) were registered 41 deaths (30 men and 11 women), of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Brăila, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Maramureș, Mureș, Neamț, Prahova, Sălaj, Vaslui, Vrancea and Bucharest.

Among these, 4 deaths were recorded in the age group 40-49 years, 5 deaths in the age group 50-59 years, 12 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 11 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 9 deaths in the age category over 80 years.

In 36 cases death occurred in patients who had comorbidities.

In the specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.640. Of these, 458 patients are hospitalized at intensive care units.

Until today, 1.378.727 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 13.353 were performed in the last 24 hours, 8.561 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 4.792 on request. Also, since the last information made by GCS, the results of 615 tests processed before the last 24 hours and submitted until August 9 have been reported.

In Romania, 6.636 people confirmed with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.272 people are in institutionalized isolation. Also, 20.463 people are quarantined at home, and 168 persons are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 761 calls were registered to the unique emergency number.

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, 1.476 of contravention sanctions, amounting to 383.842 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, one crime was 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, 5.626 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, 17 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 8th of August 2020, 1.808.648 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 309.005       (+871)   46.511   (+98)         1.449      (+2)
Spain 314.362     (+4.507)   28.503     (+3)     150.376         –
Italy 249.756       (+552)   35.190     (+3)     201.947     (+305)
France 197.921     (+2.288)   30.324   (+12)       82.968         –
Germany 215.336     (+1.122)     9.195   (+12)     196.710     (+775)

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*

 
19.357.085 (+280.340) 721.174 (+6.556) 11.941.723  (+203.796)

* 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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