PRESS RELEASE, Strategic Communication Group, October 24th , 2020, 1 p.m.

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Until today, on October 24th , in Romania, 205.793  cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

147.932 patients were declared cured.

Following the tests performed at national level, compared to the last report, 5.028  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 Number of confirmed cases (total) Number of newly confirmed cases
1. Alba 3936 1*
2. Arad 4380 122
3. Argeș 6424 87
4. Bacău 7292 108
5. Bihor 5280 134
6. Bistrița-Năsăud 2235 79
7. Botoșani 2674 127
8. Brașov 8580 114
9. Brăila 3155 30
10. Buzău 3546 50
11. Caraș-Severin 2269 29
12. Călărași 1393 25
13. Cluj 7266 340
14. Constanța 4865 126
15. Covasna 1894 49
16. Dâmbovița 5757 120
17. Dolj 5218 147
18. Galați 5799 87
19. Giurgiu 1661 25
20. Gorj 2640 38
21. Harghita 2528 99
22. Hunedoara 3683 74
23. Ialomița 1878 20
24. Iași 9291 266
25. Ilfov 5328 182
26. Maramureș 3522 57
27. Mehedinți 1914 32
28. Mureș 4054 190
29. Neamț 5392 112
30. Olt 3045 64
31. Prahova 8724 167
32. Satu Mare 1375 40
33. Sălaj 1992 93
34. Sibiu 4199 112
35. Suceava 8557 74
36. Teleorman 2725 109
37. Timiș 7178 296
38. Tulcea 1343 26
39. Vaslui 4516 80
40. Vâlcea 4234 100
41. Vrancea 3234 22
42. Bucharest 30676 708
43. – 141 –
 TOTAL 205.793 4.761

* The data related to Alba county are being updated

The coefficient of infections accumulated at 14 days, reported per 1,000 inhabitants, calculated by the Public Health Directorates, at the level of Bucharest Municipality and counties is the following:

Apart from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive 876 people were reconfirmed positively. The distribution by counties of these cases can be found in the table below.

No. crt. County Positive results at retest
1 ALBA 28
2 ARAD 20
3 ARGEŞ 15
4 BACĂU 16
5 BIHOR 19
6 BISTRIŢA-NĂSĂUD 11
7 BOTOŞANI 42
8 BRĂILA 2
9 BRAŞOV 54
10 BUZĂU 4
11 CĂLĂRAŞI 4
12 CARAŞ-SEVERIN 1
13 CLUJ 44
14 CONSTANŢA 14
15 COVASNA 4
16 DÂMBOVIŢA 26
17 DOLJ 20
18 GALAŢI 19
19 GIURGIU 2
20 GORJ 2
21 HARGHITA 35
22 HUNEDOARA 9
23 IALOMIŢA 5
24 IAŞI 79
25 MARAMUREŞ 10
26 MEHEDINŢI 17
27 MUREŞ 12
28 NEAMŢ 27
29 OLT 17
30 PRAHOVA 29
31 SĂLAJ 2
32 SATU MARE 11
33 SIBIU 41
34 SUCEAVA 52
35 TELEORMAN 5
36 TIMIŞ 48
37 TULCEA 2
38 VÂLCEA 63
39 VASLUI 22
40 VRANCEA 6
41 BUCHAREST 157
42 ILFOV 13
TOTAL 1009

Until today, , 6.318  people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 23.10.2020 (10:00) – 24.10.2020 (10:00), 73 deaths (49 men and 24 women) were reported, of some patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bistrița-Năsăud, Brăila, Brașov, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Covasna, Dolj,  Gorj, Harghita, Ialomița, Maramureș, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Vaslui, Ilfov and Bucharest.

Of these, 2 deaths were recorded in the age category 30-39 years, 3 deaths were recorded in the age category 40-49 years, years 5 deaths were recorded in the age category 50-59 years, 14 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 25 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 24 deaths in the age category of over 80 years.

All deaths were from patients with comorbidities, 1 patients did not presented comorbidities.

In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 10.307. Of these, 787 are hospitalized at intensive care units.

To date, 3.036.643 tests have been processed at national level. Of these, 33.843 were performed in the last 24 hours, 19.931 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 13.912 upon request.

In Romania, 37.650 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home, and 23.178 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 51.139 people are in quarantine at home, and 52 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 2.849 calls were registered to the unique emergency number 112 and  971 calls to TELVERDE (0800 800 358), open telephone line for informing citizens.

As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55/2020 regarding some measures for preventing and combating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 5.889 sanctions for minor offenses, amounting to  789.082 lei.

Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 4 crimes were found yesterday to thwart the fight against diseases, a deed 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 TELVERDE line (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, 6,851 Romanian citizens were confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1,934 in Italy, 1,253 in Spain, 124 in France, 3,017 in Germany, 159 in Great Britain , 36 in Hungary, 28 in Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in USA, 123 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 8 in Switzerland, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 93 in Greece, 9 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 2 in Ukraine, 7 in the United Arab Emirates and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Congo, Qatar, Vatican and Portugal . Since the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and until now, 126 Romanian citizens abroad, 31 in Italy, 19 in France, 43 in Great Britain, 11 in Spain, 14 in Germany, 2 in Belgium, one in Sweden, one in Switzerland, one in the USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo and one in Greece, have died.

Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with the new coronavirus, 797 were declared cured: 677 in Germany, 90 in France, 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.

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

As of 23ed October 2020, 5 528 320 cases have been reported in the EU / EEA, the United Kingdom, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, Andorra. Most cases have been reported in the Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany.

COUNTRY

 

 CONFIRMED CASES DEAD

 

 CURED*

 
Spania 1.026.281(+20.986)   34.521 (+155)     150.376         –
Franţa    999.043(+41.622)   34.210 (+162)     113.636    (+974)
Regatul Unit    810.467(+21.238)   44.347 (+189)         2.657       (+5)
Italia    465.726(+16.078)   36.968 (+136)     261.808  (+2.352)
Germania    403.291(+11.242)      9.954  (+49)     312.347  (+3.568)

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

OVERALL SITUATION ON 23ed OF OCTOBER 2020

                                                                                                       
CONFIRMED CASES DEAD CURED*
41.771.932 (+472.631) 1.138.780 (+6.280) 28.552.420   (+202.879)

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

* data in parentheses represent the number of new cases, between October 22nd and October 23th, 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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