The situation of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to be very serious in Romania, with many confirmed cases at a decreasing number of tests carried out by the authorities in Romania every day, these seem to show a situation that is improving, but it is only a false impression .
Yesterday, more than 200 deaths were registered in Romania, a huge number for our country, while the number of people hospitalized in intensive care remained at more than 1200, and this is due to the very large number of previously confirmed cases.
The Romanian authorities do not want to introduce new restrictions for Romanians, but they are not relaxing things at the moment either, so it remains to be seen what will happen in two weeks, when we could see if the local elections influence the pandemic situation.
"Until today, December 16, on the territory of Romania, 571.749 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
469.499 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 5.991 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 | 11430 | 95 | 3,15 |
| 2. | Arad | 13112 | 93 | 3,33 |
| 3. | Arges | 17022 | 176 | 3,89 |
| 4. | Bacau | 15076 | 103 | 2,24 |
| 5. | Bihor | 16271 | 79 | 3,08 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 6722 | 49 | 2,39 |
| 7. | Botosani | 7340 | 69 | 2,03 |
| 8. | Braşov | 22854 | 308 | 5,1 |
| 9. | Braila | 7163 | 129 | 3,18 |
| 10. | Buzau | 7631 | 54 | 1,94 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 5677 | 84 | 2,29 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 5624 | 70 | 2,76 |
| 13. | Cluj | 26321 | 101 | 5,04 |
| 14. | Constanta | 23280 | 217 | 6,35 |
| 15. | Covasna | 4745 | 46 | 1,55 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 13488 | 110 | 2,77 |
| 17. | Dolj | 13943 | 61 | 1,93 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 13497 | 143 | 3,14 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 5500 | 95 | 2,54 |
| 20. | Gorj | 4805 | 31 | 0,9 |
| 21. | Harghita | 5069 | 45 | 0,89 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 10566 | 129 | 2,82 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 5920 | 78 | 2,97 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 24311 | 204 | 2,08 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 20491 | 433 | 6,67 |
| 26. | Maramures | 9691 | 104 | 1,77 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 4582 | 37 | 1,81 |
| 28. | Mureş | 14009 | 149 | 2,5 |
| 29. | German | 10312 | 88 | 1,38 |
| 30. | Olt | 8561 | 94 | 1,2 |
| 31. | Prahova | 22258 | 222 | 2,99 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 6526 | 39 | 2,29 |
| 33. | Salaj | 5929 | 33 | 1,43 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 15978 | 94 | 3,11 |
| 35. | Suceava | 14518 | 96 | 1,54 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 6652 | 96 | 2,38 |
| 37. | Timis | 22797 | 265 | 4,24 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 4752 | 67 | 3,14 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 9194 | 99 | 2,14 |
| 40. | dale | 9104 | 98 | 2,26 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 6527 | 63 | 1,21 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 88495 | 1127 | 7,01 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 4006* | 218 | |
| TOTAL | 571.749 | 5.991 | ||
*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, 945 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 | 23 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 26 |
| 3 | Arges | 37 |
| 4 | BAKU | 16 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 18 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 5 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 16 |
| 8 | Braila | 12 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 31 |
| 10 | Buzau | 10 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 3 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 23 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 26 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 40 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 3 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 36 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 18 |
| 18 | Galata | 12 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 16 |
| 20 | GORGE | 14 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 11 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 16 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 7 |
| 24 | IASI | 49 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 44 |
| 26 | Maramures | 17 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 3 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 178 |
| 29 | Mures | 21 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 16 |
| 31 | OLT | 6 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 25 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 6 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 15 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 22 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 16 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 45 |
| 38 | Timis | 42 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 13 |
| 40 | dale | 4 |
| 41 | row | 14 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 16 |
| TOTAL | 945 |
Until today, 13.862 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 15.12.2020 (10:00) – 16.12.2020 (10:00) 164 deaths (112 men and 52 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bistrita-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Calarasi, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Ialomița, Iasi, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj , Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea, Ilfov and the Municipality of Bucharest.
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age category 20-29 years, 1 death in the age category 30-39 years, 6 deaths in the age category 40-49 years, 12 deaths in the age category 50-59 of years, 38 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 60 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 46 deaths in the category over 80 years.
158 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, for 5 deceased patients no comorbidities were recorded, and for 1 deceased patient no comorbidities were reported to date.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 11.977. Of these, 1.267 are hospitalized at ATI.
Up to this date, at the national level, 4.505.916 tests have been processed. Of these, 28.191 were performed in the last 24 hours, 17.926 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 10.265 on request.
Also, since the last information provided by GCS, the results of 16.410 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until December 16 have been reported.
On the territory of Romania, 43.109 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 11.298 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 66.541 people are in home quarantine, and 124 people are in institutionalized quarantine."
