A new report on the Corona virus pandemic in Romania shows us that things are staying on that plateau that the authorities are talking about, but this is also because the daily number of tests done in Romania is much lower than in previous weeks.
The numbers of people hospitalized in intensive care, and of deaths, still continue to be much higher than in the past, which is, after all, the biggest problem of the whole situation, and unfortunately we will see even higher numbers in the period future
The authorities in Romania say that during the winter holidays, people must respect all the preventive measures against the spread of the Coronavirus, and they have started to make new checks and apply new fines, in the hope that people will respect the restrictions.
"Until today, December 20, on the territory of Romania, 591.294 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
498.777 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 3.350 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 | 11690 | 52 | 2,59 |
| 2. | Arad | 13420 | 52 | 2,82 |
| 3. | Arges | 17493 | 50 | 2,99 |
| 4. | Bacau | 15500 | 71 | 2,05 |
| 5. | Bihor | 16782 | 57 | 2,84 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 6932 | 60 | 2,2 |
| 7. | Botosani | 7596 | 32 | 1,86 |
| 8. | Braşov | 23794 | 228 | 4,59 |
| 9. | Braila | 7520 | 86 | 3,25 |
| 10. | Buzau | 7861 | 66 | 1,76 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 5933 | 51 | 2,3 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 5863 | 75 | 2,59 |
| 13. | Cluj | 27454 | 300 | 4,65 |
| 14. | Constanta | 24324 | 157 | 5,15 |
| 15. | Covasna | 4821 | 1 | 1,46 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 13881 | 119 | 2,59 |
| 17. | Dolj | 14409 | 104 | 1,91 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 14400 | 232 | 3,33 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 5777 | 75 | 2,53 |
| 20. | Gorj | 4883 | 22 | 0,78 |
| 21. | Harghita | 5163 | 8 | 0,7 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 10900 | 46 | 2,46 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 6244 | 90 | 3,12 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 25311 | 193 | 1,79 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 21677 | 280 | 6,7 |
| 26. | Maramures | 9963 | 47 | 1,72 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 4706 | 30 | 1,73 |
| 28. | Mureş | 14371 | 64 | 2,38 |
| 29. | German | 10521 | 29 | 1,33 |
| 30. | Olt | 8878 | 75 | 1,07 |
| 31. | Prahova | 22814 | 89 | 2,49 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 6668 | 20 | 1,94 |
| 33. | Salaj | 6004 | 14 | 1,25 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 16352 | 75 | 2,71 |
| 35. | Suceava | 14863 | 55 | 1,47 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 6951 | 62 | 2,29 |
| 37. | Timis | 23718 | 186 | 4,02 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 4972 | 61 | 2,99 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 9574 | 80 | 2,05 |
| 40. | dale | 9353 | 37 | 2,1 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 6737 | 40 | 1,05 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 92253 | 600 | 6,16 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 2968* | -721 | |
| TOTAL | 591.294 | 3.350 | ||
*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, 501 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 | 11 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 14 |
| 3 | Arges | 18 |
| 4 | BAKU | 8 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 9 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 4 |
| 8 | Braila | 7 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 19 |
| 10 | Buzau | 7 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 4 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 2 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 10 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 24 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 1 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 25 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 17 |
| 18 | Galata | 35 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 6 |
| 20 | GORGE | 1 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 1 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 3 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 8 |
| 24 | IASI | 32 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 15 |
| 26 | Maramures | 21 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 2 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 79 |
| 29 | Mures | 2 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 10 |
| 31 | OLT | 7 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 15 |
| 33 | SALAJ | |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 3 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 6 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 8 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 34 |
| 38 | Timis | 9 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 7 |
| 40 | dale | 3 |
| 41 | row | 15 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 8 |
| TOTAL | 501 |
Until today, 14.394 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
Between 19.12.2020 (10:00) and 20.12.2020 (10:00) 98 deaths (58 men and 40 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacau, Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Botoşani, Brăila, Braşov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Iaşi, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Timiș, Vaslui and Bucharest municipality.
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age category 30-39 years, 5 deaths in the age category 40-49 years, 9 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 31 deaths in the age category 60- 69 years, 27 deaths in the 70-79 age category and 25 deaths in the over 80 age category.
97 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, and for 1 deceased patient no comorbidities were recorded.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 11.360. Of these, 1.267 are hospitalized at ATI.
Up to this date, at the national level, 4.599.845 tests have been processed. Of these, 12.234 were performed in the last 24 hours, 7.764 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 4.470 on request.
Also, since the last information provided by GCS, the results of 59 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until December 20 have been reported.
On the territory of Romania, 41.786 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 10.781 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 63.374 people are in home quarantine, and 105 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 2.589 calls were made to the single emergency number 112.
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 December 19 this year, 8.040 contravention sanctions, in the amount of 1.677.370 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 to verify the reported aspects."
