A new very large increase in cases was registered on March 24 in Romania due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the numbers have been continuously increasing for some time, and it is expected to exceed the number of 7000 new cases every day soon.
Unfortunately, the number of people hospitalized in intensive care is constantly increasing, which puts enormous pressure on more and more hospitals, and the number of deaths continues to be very high, so this motivates more and more serious discussions regarding the imposition of new restrictions.
Yesterday, however, a record of vaccinations against the Coronavirus was registered in Romania, and this news is extremely good, and this is because the vaccination for the 3rd stage was opened and there are more and more active vaccination centers now.
"Until today, March 24, on the territory of Romania, 913.143 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed.
819.799 patients were declared cured.
Following the tests carried out at the national level, compared to the last report, 6.136 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 | 17627 | 146 | 3,41 |
| 2. | Arad | 19646 | 146 | 3,00 |
| 3. | Arges | 23019 | 135 | 1,92 |
| 4. | Bacau | 22455 | 92 | 1,79 |
| 5. | Bihor | 23945 | 139 | 2,64 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 9853 | 99 | 1,94 |
| 7. | Botosani | 12186 | 67 | 1,62 |
| 8. | Braşov | 37195 | 225 | 4,88 |
| 9. | Braila | 10986 | 34 | 2,37 |
| 10. | Buzau | 10429 | 69 | 1,19 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 9175 | 70 | 1,61 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 8527 | 62 | 1,98 |
| 13. | Cluj | 46307 | 388 | 5,25 |
| 14. | Constanta | 36325 | 132 | 3,72 |
| 15. | Covasna | 6610 | 78 | 1,72 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 19931 | 121 | 2,56 |
| 17. | Dolj | 22544 | 161 | 2,74 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 22776 | 81 | 2,42 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 9247 | 109 | 3,14 |
| 20. | Gorj | 8310 | 65 | 2,36 |
| 21. | Harghita | 6805 | 38 | 1,09 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 18768 | 203 | 4,28 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 9108 | 72 | 2,00 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 37183 | 203 | 2,22 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 36998 | 348 | 7,86 |
| 26. | Maramures | 18929 | 58 | 2,19 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 6916 | 48 | 1,93 |
| 28. | Mureş | 19637 | 125 | 1,81 |
| 29. | German | 15845 | 114 | 2,00 |
| 30. | Olt | 12462 | 23 | 1,61 |
| 31. | Prahova | 29280 | 133 | 1,70 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 11412 | 91 | 2,35 |
| 33. | Salaj | 9347 | 71 | 3,31 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 22382 | 142 | 3,04 |
| 35. | Suceava | 22464 | 60 | 1,08 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 11163 | 81 | 2,19 |
| 37. | Timis | 46949 | 304 | 6,13 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 7052 | 46 | 1,61 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 14244 | 69 | 1,40 |
| 40. | dale | 13691 | 122 | 2,75 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 9092 | 50 | 1,29 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 150980 | 1092 | 6,37 |
| 43. | New cases not allocated by county | 5343* | 224 | |
| TOTAL | 913.143 | 6.136 | ||
*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, 1.144 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 | 31 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 22 |
| 3 | Arges | 22 |
| 4 | BAKU | 19 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 18 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 3 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 17 |
| 8 | BRASOV | 51 |
| 9 | Braila | 10 |
| 10 | Buzau | 20 |
| 11 | Caras-Severin | 16 |
| 12 | Calarasi | 6 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 32 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 89 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 12 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 28 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 15 |
| 18 | Galata | 44 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 14 |
| 20 | GORGE | 34 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 8 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 27 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 14 |
| 24 | IASI | 55 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 24 |
| 26 | Maramures | 17 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 9 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 158 |
| 29 | Mures | 36 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 21 |
| 31 | OLT | 16 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 18 |
| 33 | BIG VILLAGE | 20 |
| 34 | SALAJ | 25 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 28 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 16 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 23 |
| 38 | Timis | 47 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 6 |
| 40 | row | 19 |
| 41 | dale | 33 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 21 |
| Total | 1144 |
Until today, 22.579 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
Between 23.03.2021 (10:00) - 24.03.2021 (10:00) 137 deaths (69 men and 68 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, admitted to hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș were reported , Bacău, Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Botoșani, Brăila, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanta, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Gorj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt , Prahova, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Timiș, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vâlcea, Vrancea, Ilfov and Bucharest.
Of these, 2 deaths were registered in the age category 30-39 years, 2 deaths in the age category 40-49 years, 14 deaths in the age category 50-59 years, 26 deaths in the age category 60-69 years, 54 deaths in the 70-79 age category and 39 deaths in the over 80 age category.
130 of the recorded deaths are of patients who presented comorbidities, 3 deceased patients did not present comorbidities, and for 4 deceased patients no comorbidities have been reported to date.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 12.359. Of these, 1.351 are hospitalized at ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 6.549.158 RT-PCR tests and 531.600 rapid antigenic tests have been processed. In the last 24 hours, 28.363 RT-PCR tests (18.825 based on case definition and medical protocol and 9.538 on request) and 11.878 rapid antigen tests were performed.
On the territory of Romania, 66.639 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 15.892 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 54.442 people are in home quarantine, and 88 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 5.192 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 614 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 23, 5.667 contraventional sanctions, worth 1.136.651 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 4 criminal files were drawn up yesterday for thwarting the fight against diseases, in which 4 people are investigated, an act foreseen 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."
