The Coronavirus pandemic continues to grow in Romania, starting the week with much higher figures for new cases, and this week we should exceed 4000 cases reported daily, if the trend continues.
The numbers of people hospitalized in intensive care, but also of deaths, continue to grow due to the growing number of new cases, and everything will be repeated in the coming weeks until new restrictions are imposed throughout the country, most likely.
The vaccination campaign should be accelerated in March as 2.6 million new doses of vaccines are expected from Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca, but many more vaccination centers are also needed to open across the country to immunize people .
"Until today, March 3, on the territory of Romania, 812.318 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
746.779 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 4.278 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 | 15735 | 80 | 2,35 |
| 2. | Arad | 17534 | 92 | 1,71 |
| 3. | Arges | 21291 | 58 | 0,85 |
| 4. | Bacau | 20550 | 84 | 1,28 |
| 5. | Bihor | 21585 | 111 | 1,30 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 8908 | 40 | 1,10 |
| 7. | Botosani | 11105 | 65 | 1,27 |
| 8. | Braşov | 32630 | 191 | 3,04 |
| 9. | Braila | 9893 | 40 | 0,88 |
| 10. | Buzau | 9631 | 20 | 0,70 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 8404 | 25 | 1,01 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 7687 | 27 | 0,73 |
| 13. | Cluj | 40863 | 309 | 3,42 |
| 14. | Constanta | 32511 | 115 | 1,74 |
| 15. | Covasna | 6008 | 28 | 0,91 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 18029 | 72 | 1,46 |
| 17. | Dolj | 19848 | 123 | 1,72 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 20617 | 78 | 1,33 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 7957 | 49 | 1,35 |
| 20. | Gorj | 7083 | 90 | 1,99 |
| 21. | Harghita | 6300 | 28 | 0,73 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 16022 | 106 | 2,54 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 8312 | 35 | 1,01 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 33985 | 157 | 1,25 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 31807 | 162 | 3,04 |
| 26. | Maramures | 17219 | 114 | 3,04 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 6136 | 41 | 1,08 |
| 28. | Mureş | 18082 | 65 | 0,96 |
| 29. | German | 14167 | 69 | 1,21 |
| 30. | Olt | 11459 | 19 | 0,78 |
| 31. | Prahova | 27449 | 54 | 0,73 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 10046 | 88 | 1,99 |
| 33. | Salaj | 8169 | 81 | 2,20 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 20284 | 106 | 1,86 |
| 35. | Suceava | 21201 | 78 | 1,14 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 10004 | 47 | 1,24 |
| 37. | Timis | 39994 | 415 | 5,24 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 6481 | 23 | 0,83 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 13123 | 46 | 1,00 |
| 40. | dale | 12071 | 59 | 1,56 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 8344 | 28 | 0,77 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 130882 | 707 | 2,71 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 2912* | 53 | |
| TOTAL | 812.318 | 4.278 | ||
*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, 966 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 | 34 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 20 |
| 3 | Arges | 21 |
| 4 | BAKU | 13 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 11 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 5 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 12 |
| 8 | Braila | 4 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 40 |
| 10 | Buzau | 4 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 6 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 2 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 42 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 110 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 13 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 10 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 8 |
| 18 | Galata | 50 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 8 |
| 20 | GORGE | 50 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 5 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 49 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 6 |
| 24 | IASI | 50 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 20 |
| 26 | Maramures | 14 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 83 |
| 29 | Mures | 10 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 22 |
| 31 | OLT | 31 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 12 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 16 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 27 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 14 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 25 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 18 |
| 38 | Timis | 61 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 4 |
| 40 | dale | 14 |
| 41 | row | 9 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 13 |
| TOTAL | 966 |
Until today, 20.586 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 02.03.2021 (10:00) - 03.03.2021 (10:00) 77 deaths (40 men and 37 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, admitted to hospitals in Alba, Argeș, Arad, were reported , Bacău, Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Brașov, Calarasi, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Ialomița, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Ilfov and Bucharest.
Of these, 1 death was registered in the age category 30-39 years, 3 deaths in the age category 40-49 years, 7 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 19 deaths in the age category 60-69 years , 21 deaths in the 70-79 age category and 26 deaths in the over 80 age category.
75 of the registered deaths are of patients who presented comorbidities, and 2 deceased patients did not present comorbidities.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 8.795. Of these, 1.032 are hospitalized at ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 6.079.276 RT-PCR tests and 324.488 rapid antigenic tests have been processed. In the last 24 hours, 26.392 RT-PCR tests (17.749 based on case definition and medical protocol and 8.643 on request) and 8.699 rapid antigen tests were performed.
Also, since the last information provided by the GCS, the results of 225 tests processed prior to the last 24 hours and transmitted until March 3 have been reported
On the territory of Romania, 43.457 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 12.527 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 57.455 people are in home quarantine, and 127 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 3.523 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 719 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 March 2, 5.087 contraventional sanctions, worth 860.950 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, a criminal file was drawn up yesterday 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."
