The Corona virus pandemic continues in Romania, yesterday being a slightly smaller number of cases, in relation to the reports during the working days of the previous week, but this does not mean that today we will not exceed the record set last week in terms of infections.
However, two negative and extremely worrying records were recorded yesterday, the highest number of deaths in a single day, but also the highest number of people hospitalized in intensive care, two numbers that should scare many Romanians, more elected that the medical system is seriously under pressure.
Unfortunately, in the following weeks new increases in the number of cases of infection with the new Coronavirus are announced in Romania, especially since restaurants, theaters, cinemas, and other activities have reopened, and in the middle of the month schools reopen, and at the end local elections take place this month.
"Until today, September 2, on the territory of Romania, 89.891 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
38.701 patients were declared cured and 11.392 asymptomatic patients were discharged 10 days after detection.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 1.298 new cases of people infected with SARS - CoV - 2 (COVID - 19) were registered, these being cases that have not previously had a positive test. The distribution of total cases and new cases by county can be found in the table below.
| No. crt. | County | Number of confirmed cases (total) | Number of newly confirmed cases |
| 1. | Alba | 1156 | 26 |
| 2. | Arad | 1902 | 48 |
| 3. | Arges | 5068 | 30 |
| 4. | Bacau | 2839 | 46 |
| 5. | Bihor | 2437 | 43 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 1172 | 11 |
| 7. | Botosani | 1351 | 12 |
| 8. | Braşov | 4663 | 60 |
| 9. | Braila | 1747 | 25 |
| 10. | Buzau | 2314 | 28 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 722 | 27 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 554 | 7 |
| 13. | Cluj | 2101 | 37 |
| 14. | Constanta | 1756 | 41 |
| 15. | Covasna | 795 | 23 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 3150 | 51 |
| 17. | Dolj | 1794 | 61 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 3363 | 28 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 707 | 8 |
| 20. | Gorj | 1585 | 27 |
| 21. | Harghita | 727 | 10 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 1728 | 29 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 970 | - |
| 24. | Iaşi | 3129 | 61 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 2230 | 18 |
| 26. | Maramures | 1214 | 26 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 1161 | 16 |
| 28. | Mureş | 1429 | 22 |
| 29. | German | 2183 | 26 |
| 30. | Olt | 1335 | 14 |
| 31. | Prahova | 4341 | 54 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 321 | 12 |
| 33. | Salaj | 400 | 18 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 1491 | 16 |
| 35. | Suceava | 5374 | 43 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 617 | 16 |
| 37. | Timis | 2650 | 60 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 556 | 14 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 1918 | 59 |
| 40. | dale | 1241 | 35 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 2416 | 10 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 11198 | 97 |
| 43. | - | 86 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 89.891
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1.298 | |
Distinct from the newly confirmed cases, following retesting of patients who were already positive, 675 people were reconfirmed positive. The distribution of these cases by county can be found in the table below.
| No. Crt. | COUNTY | Positive samples on retest |
| 1 | ALBA | 14 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 13 |
| 3 | Arges | 42 |
| 4 | BAKU | 14 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 33 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 3 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 3 |
| 8 | Braila | 20 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 24 |
| 10 | Buzau | 12 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 3 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 0 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 26 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 12 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 2 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 12 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 19 |
| 18 | Galata | 11 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 3 |
| 20 | GORGE | 17 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 7 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 2 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 3 |
| 24 | IASI | 48 |
| 25 | Maramures | 6 |
| 26 | Mehedinti | 12 |
| 27 | Mures | 6 |
| 28 | GERMAN | 15 |
| 29 | OLT | 10 |
| 30 | PRAHOVA | 21 |
| 31 | SALAJ | 6 |
| 32 | BIG VILLAGE | 3 |
| 33 | SIBIU | 18 |
| 34 | SUCEAVA | 17 |
| 35 | TELECOMMAND | 9 |
| 36 | Timis | 23 |
| 37 | TULCEA | 1 |
| 38 | dale | 14 |
| 39 | row | 24 |
| 40 | VRANCES | 3 |
| 41 | BUCHAREST | 116 |
| 42 | ILFOV | 28 |
| TOTAL | 675 |
To date, 3.721 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died.
In the interval 01.09.2020 (10:00) - 02.09.2020 (10:00) 40 deaths (27 men and 13 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Bacău were recorded .
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age category 40-49 years, 6 deaths were registered in the age category 50-59 years, 9 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 15 deaths in the age category 70- 79 years and 9 deaths in the over 80 category.
All 40 registered deaths are of patients who had comorbidities.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 7.147. Of these, 519 are hospitalized at ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 1.852.088 tests have been processed. Of these, 26.543 were performed in the last 24 hours, 16.521 based on the case definition and medical protocol, and 10.022 on request.
Also, since the last information provided by GCS, the results of 273 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until September 2 have been reported.
On the territory of Romania, 9.836 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.848 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 33.553 people are in home quarantine, and 45 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 990 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 605 to the TELVERDE line (0800 800 358), opened specifically for informing citizens.
As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55 of 15.05.2020 regarding some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, in the last 24 hours, 759 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 191.450 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, yesterday, 4 crimes were detected for thwarting the fight against diseases, an act provided for and punished by art. 352 Criminal Code.
We remind citizens that the Ministry of Internal Affairs operationalized, starting on 04.07.2020, a TELVERDE line (0800800165) where violations of health protection rules can be reported.
The calls are taken by a dispatcher, in an integrated system, and distributed to the territorial structures for verification of the reported aspects.
Regarding the situation of Romanian citizens in other countries, 6.590 Romanian citizens have been confirmed as infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus): 1.898 in Italy, 1253 in Spain, 124 in France, 2.935 in Germany, 158 in Great Britain , 28 in Holland, 2 in Namibia, 4 in USA, 111 in Austria, 20 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 19 in Greece, 5 in Cyprus, 2 in India and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Sweden, Republic of Congo, Hungary and Qatar. From the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) epidemic and up to this moment, 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 US, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo and one in Greece, have died."
