Coronavirus Romania: RECORD of New Cases Announced on September 16

UPDATED: President Klaus Iohannis holds a press conference regarding the situation of the Coronavirus in Romania, and not only that.

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The number of new cases of Coronavirus has set a new record today, the authorities in Romania announcing for our country a substantial increase compared to the previous days, with no less than 1.713 new cases confirmed for 26.000 tests carried out nationally.

The large increase in the number of new cases is not related to the resumption of school, but is related to the relaxations made since September 1 in Romania, i.e. the reopening of restaurants, etc., but also to the fact that mass testing of school staff has begun, plus of children.

Considering the very large number of tests that are done every day when schools start, it is expected that the daily number of infections will continue to increase, which was announced by the authorities in our country more than two weeks ago days.

"Until today, September 16, on the territory of Romania, 107.011 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.

The data on the number of people declared cured is currently unavailable due to technical updates in the reporting system and the data centralization application. These data will be communicated as soon as possible, as soon as they become available.

Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 1.713 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	1415	40
2.	Arad	2263	26
3.	Arges	5302	16
4.	Bacau	3618	42
5.	Bihor	3097	54
6.	Bistrita-Nasaud	1342	17
7.	Botosani	1472	16
8.	Braşov	5252	35
9.	Braila	2097	23
10.	Buzau	2584	10
11.	Caras-Severin	1025	23
12.	Calarasi	683	7
13.	Cluj	2615	99
14.	Constanta	2172	60
15.	Covasna	989	25
16.	Dambovita	3556	32
17.	Dolj	2258	58
18.	Galaţi	3690	32
19.	Giurgiu	920	9
20.	Gorj	1762	8
21.	Harghita	843	11
22.	Hunedoara	1980	34
23.	Ialomiţa	1089	3
24.	Iaşi	3927	71
25.	Ilfov	2745	65
26.	Maramures	1640	53
27.	Mehedinti	1276	11
28.	Mureş	1609	12
29.	German	2683	41
30.	Olt	1603	55
31.	Prahova	5101	84
32.	Satu Mare	467	20
33.	Salaj	529	20
34.	Sibiu	1834	39
35.	Suceava	5973	91
36.	Teleorman	860	20
37.	Timis	3218	65
38.	Tulcea	695	16
39.	Vaslui	2390	56
40.	dale	1700	83
41.	Vrancea	2550	17
42.	Municipality of Bucharest	14072	211
43.	-	115	3
TOTAL		107.011	1.713

Distinct from the newly confirmed cases, following retesting of patients who were already positive, 714 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	7
2	I PLOW	6
3	Arges	11
4	BAKU	37
5	BIHOR	21
6	BISTRIŢA	5
7	BOTOSANS	5
8	Braila	13
9	BRASOV	24
10	Buzau	9
11	Calarasi	15
12	Caras-Severin	2
13	CLJ extension	15
14	CONSTANT	6
15	COVASNA	6
16	Dambovita	26
17	DOLJ	13
18	Galata	9
19	GIURGE	7
20	GORGE	6
21	THE HELL	12
22	HUNEDOARA	8
23	Ialomita
24	IASI	73
25	Maramures	12
26	Mehedinti	2
27	Mures	6
28	GERMAN	29
29	OLT	7
30	PRAHOVA	25
31	SALAJ	3
32	BIG VILLAGE	9
33	SIBIU	33
34	SUCEAVA	17
35	TELECOMMAND	40
36	Timis	13
37	TULCEA	7
38	dale	39
39	row	4
40	VRANCES	10
41	BUCHAREST	101
42	ILFOV	21
	TOTAL	714

To date, 4.285 people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died.

Between 15.09.2020 (10:00) and 16.09.2020 (10:00) 49 deaths (33 men and 16 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș were recorded , Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Brăila, Buzău, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iași, Maramureș, Neamț, Prahova, Sălaj, Suceava, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea and the City of Bucharest.

Of these, 3 deaths were registered in the age category 40-49 years, 4 deaths were registered in the age category 50-59 years, 16 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 15 deaths in the age category 70 -79 years and 11 deaths in the over 80 category.

All 49 registered deaths are of patients who had comorbidities.

In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 6.854. Of these, 471 are hospitalized at ATI.

Until this date, at the national level, 2.136.544 tests have been processed. Of these, 25.991 were performed in the last 24 hours, 16.542 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 9.449 on request.

Also, since the last information provided by GCS, the results of 529 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until September 16 have been reported.

On the territory of Romania, 11.164 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.782 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 37.206 people are in home quarantine, and 8 people are in institutionalized quarantine.

In the last 24 hours, 1.157 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 563 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, 435 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 59.601 lei.

Also, yesterday, through the competent structures of the Police, a crime was 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 to verify the reported aspects."