The situation of the Corona virus pandemic in Romania remains quite uncertain at the moment, and this is because of the small number of tests that have been done recently, the impression being that the number of infections is decreasing, but it is a truncated one.
Unfortunately, there are still many people hospitalized in intensive care, and many deaths every day due to the Coronavirus, the authorities expecting this due to the extremely high number of infections announced in recent months.
The situation could get worse after the winter holidays, with the authorities trying to convince Romanians to maintain protective measures against the Coronavirus even in the case of family gatherings, although this is difficult to do.
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Until today, December 22, on the territory of Romania, 598.792 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
508.979 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 5.009 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 | 11768 | 52 | 2,48 |
| 2. | Arad | 13492 | 41 | 2,59 |
| 3. | Arges | 17734 | 103 | 2,86 |
| 4. | Bacau | 15634 | 57 | 1,89 |
| 5. | Bihor | 16960 | 95 | 2,77 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 6994 | 60 | 2,09 |
| 7. | Botosani | 7687 | 57 | 1,72 |
| 8. | Braşov | 23977 | 138 | 4,44 |
| 9. | Braila | 7647 | 75 | 3,25 |
| 10. | Buzau | 7921 | 30 | 1,69 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 5977 | 39 | 2,04 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 5932 | 30 | 2,55 |
| 13. | Cluj | 27894 | 341 | 4,39 |
| 14. | Constanta | 24600 | 148 | 4,66 |
| 15. | Covasna | 4855 | 25 | 1,27 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 14020 | 99 | 2,21 |
| 17. | Dolj | 14459 | 36 | 1,9 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 14690 | 165 | 2,91 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 5881 | 38 | 2,28 |
| 20. | Gorj | 4912 | 19 | 0,74 |
| 21. | Harghita | 5179 | 12 | 0,65 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 11037 | 84 | 2,19 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 6353 | 64 | 3,12 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 25645 | 225 | 1,59 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 22064 | 218 | 6,38 |
| 26. | Maramures | 10057 | 62 | 1,74 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 4753 | 29 | 1,68 |
| 28. | Mureş | 14466 | 50 | 2,04 |
| 29. | German | 10590 | 30 | 1,21 |
| 30. | Olt | 8946 | 28 | 0,94 |
| 31. | Prahova | 23015 | 172 | 2,33 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 6711 | 40 | 1,58 |
| 33. | Salaj | 6030 | 26 | 1,31 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 16416 | 49 | 2,44 |
| 35. | Suceava | 14983 | 111 | 1,4 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 7071 | 91 | 2,35 |
| 37. | Timis | 24147 | 301 | 4,00 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 5036 | 34 | 2,62 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 9678 | 84 | 2,05 |
| 40. | dale | 9402 | 21 | 1,99 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 6807 | 43 | 1,05 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 93413 | 819 | 5,59 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 3959* | 768 | |
| TOTAL | 598.792 | 5.009 | ||
*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, 1.019 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 | 21 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 27 |
| 3 | Arges | 40 |
| 4 | BAKU | 18 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 19 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 5 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 16 |
| 8 | Braila | 7 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 24 |
| 10 | Buzau | 6 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 15 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 26 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 74 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 42 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 11 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 9 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 11 |
| 18 | Galata | 34 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 8 |
| 20 | GORGE | 13 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 7 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 36 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 7 |
| 24 | IASI | 76 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 37 |
| 26 | Maramures | 18 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 4 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 165 |
| 29 | Mures | 9 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 6 |
| 31 | OLT | 17 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 25 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 7 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 18 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 25 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 40 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 31 |
| 38 | Timis | 49 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 7 |
| 40 | dale | 8 |
| 41 | row | 18 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 7 |
| TOTAL | 1019 |
Until today, 14.636 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
Between 21.12.2020 (10:00) and 22.12.2020 (10:00) 155 deaths (101 men and 54 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, admitted to hospitals in Alba, Argeș, Bacău, were reported . Timiș, Tulcea, Vâlcea, Vrancea, Ilfov and the Municipality of Bucharest.
Of these, 6 deaths were registered in the age category 40-49 years, 9 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 37 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 53 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 50 deaths in the over 80 category.
151 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, for 1 deceased patient no comorbidities were recorded, and for 3 deceased patients no comorbidities were reported to date.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 11.117. Of these, 1.252 are hospitalized at ATI.
Up to this date, at the national level, 4.630.874 tests have been processed. Of these, 23.834 were performed in the last 24 hours, 16.036 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 7.798 on request.
Also, since the last information provided by GCS, the results of 10 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until December 22 have been reported.
On the territory of Romania, 40.211 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 10.412 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 57.815 people are in home quarantine, and 162 people are in institutionalized quarantine."
