Yesterday we had a new record of infections regarding the Coronavirus pandemic in Romania, and this despite the assurances given by the authorities regarding the fact that things are beginning to be under some control, the reality being completely different from what they say
The number of deaths continues to be high, unfortunately, as well as the number of those hospitalized in intensive care, but here the Romanian Government has announced an increase of 200 beds in the hospitalization capacity, so we should not see such high numbers again close to the maximum limit.
On the other hand, the authorities are still trying to convince Romanians from all over the country to better protect themselves against infections with the new Coronavirus, but unfortunately this is very difficult to achieve at the moment, as many of you well know .
"Until today, November 19, on the territory of Romania, 393.851 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
269.590 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 10.108 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 | Incidence recorded at 14 days |
| 1. | Alba | 8486 | 203 | 6,21 |
| 2. | Arad | 9368 | 218 | 5,79 |
| 3. | Arges | 10942 | 446 | 4,19 |
| 4. | Bacau | 11243 | 222 | 2,57 |
| 5. | Bihor | 11865 | 286 | 5,8 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 4890 | 110 | 4,25 |
| 7. | Botosani | 5066 | 127 | 2,58 |
| 8. | Braşov | 15313 | 221 | 6,4 |
| 9. | Braila | 4751 | 117 | 2,92 |
| 10. | Buzau | 5637 | 94 | 2,45 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 4058 | 87 | 2,84 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 3314 | 159 | 2,82 |
| 13. | Cluj | 17689 | 734 | 7,64 |
| 14. | Constanta | 12405 | 484 | 5,97 |
| 15. | Covasna | 3531 | 97 | 3,32 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 9611 | 235 | 3,36 |
| 17. | Dolj | 10327 | 170 | 3,53 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 8520 | 191 | 2,34 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 3117 | 149 | 2,28 |
| 20. | Gorj | 3917 | 41 | 1,82 |
| 21. | Harghita | 4228 | 76 | 2,13 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 7170 | 208 | 2,99 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 3650 | 114 | 3,37 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 16378 | 409 | 2,96 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 11661 | 441 | 6,78 |
| 26. | Maramures | 7283 | 132 | 3,79 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 3307 | 112 | 2,89 |
| 28. | Mureş | 10032 | 401 | 4,89 |
| 29. | German | 8425 | 202 | 2,47 |
| 30. | Olt | 6043 | 167 | 1,74 |
| 31. | Prahova | 16038 | 424 | 4,26 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 4252 | 161 | 4,83 |
| 33. | Salaj | 4938 | 113 | 5,36 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 11452 | 361 | 9,06 |
| 35. | Suceava | 11902 | 134 | 2,17 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 4696 | 94 | 2,8 |
| 37. | Timis | 16218 | 363 | 6,33 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 2778 | 92 | 2,92 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 6695 | 101 | 1,98 |
| 40. | dale | 7056 | 92 | 2,71 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 4666 | 56 | 1,79 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 54603 | 1473 | 5,66 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 6330* | -9 | |
| TOTAL | 393.851 | 10.108 | ||
*Regarding the "new cases not allocated by county", we specify that their number is determined by the changes made to the electronic platform through which the test results for the new coronavirus are reported and centralized. Thus, according to the new methodology, the test centers directly enter the results of the tests carried out, following which the epidemiological investigation is carried out at the level of the Public Health Directorates and the positive cases are assigned to the county/locality to which the infected persons belong.
The coefficient of cumulative infections per 14 days, reported per 1.000 inhabitants, is calculated by the Directorates of Public Health, at the level of the Municipality of Bucharest and the counties. Below you have the graph made based on the reports received by the CNCCI from the Public Health Directorates:
Distinct from the newly confirmed cases, following retesting of patients who were already positive, 1.334 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 | 25 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 28 |
| 3 | Arges | 100 |
| 4 | BAKU | 18 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 86 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 22 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 20 |
| 8 | Braila | 15 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 28 |
| 10 | Buzau | 16 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 24 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 31 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 58 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 52 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 11 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 55 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 15 |
| 18 | Galata | 11 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 9 |
| 20 | GORGE | 15 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 10 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 37 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 12 |
| 24 | IASI | 63 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 26 |
| 26 | Maramures | 16 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 10 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 178 |
| 29 | Mures | 30 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 26 |
| 31 | OLT | 26 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 40 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 9 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 14 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 60 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 9 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 21 |
| 38 | Timis | 83 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 4 |
| 40 | dale | 10 |
| 41 | row | 8 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 3 |
| TOTAL | 1334 |
Until today, 9.596 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 18.11.2020 (10:00) – 19.11.2020 (10:00) 167 deaths (91 men and 76 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș hospitals, were reported. Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brașov, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Constanta, Dolj, Galati, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Iasi, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Vâlcea, Ilfov and the City of Bucharest.
Of these, 2 deaths were registered in the age category 30-39 years, 8 deaths in the age category 40-49 years, 13 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 41 deaths in the age category 60- 69 years, 59 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 44 deaths in the category over 80 years.
160 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had co-morbidities, 4 deceased patients had no co-morbidities, and for 3 patients no co-morbidities have been reported to date.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 13.447. Of these, 1.131 are hospitalized at ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 3.808.279 tests have been processed. Of these, 36.963 were performed in the last 24 hours, 20.954 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 16.009 on request.
On the territory of Romania, 48.140 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 13.281 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 79.434 people are in home quarantine, and 19 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 5.552 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 734 to the TELVERDE line (0800 800 358), opened specifically for informing citizens.
As a result of the violation of the provisions of Law no. 55/2020 regarding some measures to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police and gendarmes applied, on November 18 this year, 7.450 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 1.262.965 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, yesterday, 5 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, 6.863 Romanian citizens have been confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus): 1.935 in Italy, 1.253 in Spain, 124 in France, 3.018 in Germany, 167 in Great Britain, 36 in Hungary, 28 in Holland, 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, 8 in the United Arab Emirates and one each in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Republic of Congo, Qatar, Vatican , Portugal and Egypt. 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."
