The Coronavirus pandemic continues in force in Romania, even though we celebrate Christmas at this time of the year, and the authorities have already presented the entry into the country of the first doses of vaccine that will be used starting tomorrow to immunize the medical staff.
Unfortunately, we still have many deaths, and many people hospitalized in intensive care, the authorities have been warning for a long time that this is going to happen, and unfortunately we see that things are even as bad as the estimates were.
Considering that the vaccination is starting in Romania, we can expect in a few months that the number of new cases of Coronavirus will decrease if enough people get vaccinated, but everything depends on what the Romanians want to do to protect themselves.
"Until today, December 26, on the territory of Romania, 613.760 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
536.332 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 1.387 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 | 12012 | 37 | 2,12 |
| 2. | Arad | 13769 | 15 | 2,06 |
| 3. | Arges | 18130 | 10 | 2,21 |
| 4. | Bacau | 15930 | 58 | 1,55 |
| 5. | Bihor | 17288 | 37 | 2,21 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 7147 | -1 ** | 1,67 |
| 7. | Botosani | 7955 | 33 | 1,61 |
| 8. | Braşov | 24576 | 82 | 3,53 |
| 9. | Braila | 7953 | 52 | 2,82 |
| 10. | Buzau | 8079 | 11 | 1,36 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 6128 | - | 1,6 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 6117 | 33 | 1,99 |
| 13. | Cluj | 28624 | 145 | 3,64 |
| 14. | Constanta | 25231 | 37 | 3,63 |
| 15. | Covasna | 4929 | 19 | 0,89 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 14294 | 21 | 2,01 |
| 17. | Dolj | 14784 | 47 | 1,64 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 15289 | 132 | 2,61 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 6076 | 31 | 2,35 |
| 20. | Gorj | 4981 | 9 | 0,67 |
| 21. | Harghita | 5255 | 4 | 0,44 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 11310 | 23 | 1,89 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 6544 | 31 | 2,61 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 26278 | 66 | 1,35 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 23079 | 219 | 5,95 |
| 26. | Maramures | 10277 | 51 | 1,61 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 4864 | 17 | 1,38 |
| 28. | Mureş | 14729 | 25 | 1,74 |
| 29. | German | 10773 | 22 | 1,05 |
| 30. | Olt | 9179 | 45 | 0,87 |
| 31. | Prahova | 23502 | 48 | 1,87 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 6796 | 2 | 1,2 |
| 33. | Salaj | 6093 | 13 | 0,98 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 16670 | 40 | 2,00 |
| 35. | Suceava | 15230 | 34 | 1,21 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 7375 | 2 | 2,15 |
| 37. | Timis | 24906 | 4 | 3,51 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 5210 | 51 | 2,28 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 9960 | 37 | 1,92 |
| 40. | dale | 9583 | 2 | 1,7 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 6954 | - | 0,91 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 96197 | 184 | 4,27 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 3704* | -341 | |
| TOTAL | 613.760 | 1.387 | ||
*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 total number of cases related to Bistrita-Năsăud county has been rectified.
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, 150 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 | 13 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 16 |
| 3 | Arges | 0 |
| 4 | BAKU | 5 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 0 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 0 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 8 |
| 8 | Braila | 0 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 6 |
| 10 | Buzau | 4 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 2 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 0 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 12 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 1 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 0 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 1 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 0 |
| 18 | Galata | 9 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 4 |
| 20 | GORGE | 2 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 0 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 0 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 1 |
| 24 | IASI | 9 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 3 |
| 26 | Maramures | 4 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 0 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 27 |
| 29 | Mures | 8 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 0 |
| 31 | OLT | 3 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 2 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 0 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 0 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 3 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 6 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 0 |
| 38 | Timis | 3 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 3 |
| 40 | dale | 0 |
| 41 | row | 0 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 0 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Until today, 15.108 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
Between 25.12.2020 (10:00) and 26.12.2020 (10:00) 85 deaths (47 men and 38 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Bacău were reported .
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age category 30-39 years, 1 death in the age category 40-49 years, 4 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 21 deaths in the age category 60- 69 years, 35 deaths in the age category 70-79 years and 23 deaths in the category over 80 years.
81 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, for 3 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 9.657. Of these, 1.210 are hospitalized at ATI.
Up to this date, at the national level, 4.710.842 tests have been processed. Of these, 4.352 were performed in the last 24 hours, 3.732 based on case definition and medical protocol, and 620 on request.
On the territory of Romania, 37.552 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 9.532 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 57.380 people are in home quarantine, and 127 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 1.895 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 25 this year, 3.825 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 793.465 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 for verification of the reported aspects.
Regarding the situation of Romanian citizens in other countries, 7.044 Romanian citizens have been confirmed to be infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (coronavirus): 1.939 in Italy, 1.290 in Spain, 167 in Great Britain, 125 in France, 3.085 in Germany, 93 in Greece, 49 in Denmark, 36 in Hungary, 28 in the Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the USA, 4 in Sweden, 123 in Austria, 22 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 11 in Switzerland , 3 in Turkey, 2 in Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 2 in Bulgaria, 10 in Cyprus, 2 in India, 2 in Ukraine, 8 in the United Arab Emirates, 12 in the Republic of Moldova, 2 in Montenegro and one each in Argentina, Tunisia , Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Republic of Congo, Qatar, Vatican City, Portugal, Egypt and the Russian Federation. From the beginning of the epidemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus) until this moment, 128 Romanian citizens abroad, 33 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 USA, one in Brazil, one in the Republic of Congo and one in Greece, have died.
Among the Romanian citizens confirmed with infection with the new coronavirus, 798 were declared cured: 677 in Germany, 90 in Greece, 18 in France, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Namibia, one in Luxembourg, one in Tunisia and one in Argentine.
Note: these data are obtained by diplomatic missions and consular offices of Romania abroad, either from the competent authorities in the states of residence, to the extent that these data are the subject of public communication, or directly from Romanian citizens abroad."
