After over 15.000 new cases of infection were officially confirmed in Romania yesterday, today we can expect somewhere over 10.000 new cases, a very high figure for a Sunday, but last week we also saw a figure as big as.
You all know the situation in hospitals, it is dramatic, with no free places in ATi, not enough places in the other departments and not enough ambulances to cover all requests, the number of deaths being also huge, the highest of the entire pandemic, unfortunately.
Regarding the vaccination campaign, it seems that things are going for the better, and this is because more and more people are immunized with the first dose during this period, separately from those who are immunized with the 3rd dose, but there is a need for more a lot.
"Until today, October 17, 1.457.260 cases of infection with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered on the territory of Romania, of which 5.685 are of re-infected patients, tested positive more than 180 days after first infection.
1.238.832 patients were declared cured.
In the last 24 hours, 11.546 new cases of people infected with SARS - CoV - 2 (COVID - 19) were registered, of which 217 are of reinfected patients, tested positive more than 180 days after the first infection .
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 | 26866 | 249 | 8,10 |
| 2. | Arad | 31609 | 275 | 8,40 |
| 3. | Arges | 34936 | 438 | 7,07 |
| 4. | Bacau | 33625 | 226 | 4,34 |
| 5. | Bihor | 37058 | 242 | 6,71 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 16680 | 159 | 5,36 |
| 7. | Botosani | 19177 | 128 | 4,67 |
| 8. | Braşov | 52930 | 567 | 7,75 |
| 9. | Braila | 17368 | 194 | 6,93 |
| 10. | Buzau | 17327 | 140 | 5,87 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 15091 | 68 | 5,18 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 14195 | 139 | 6,53 |
| 13. | Cluj | 72748 | 421 | 8,88 |
| 14. | Constanta | 56314 | 586 | 8,23 |
| 15. | Covasna | 10060 | 123 | 3,52 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 28344 | 260 | 5,93 |
| 17. | Dolj | 38061 | 381 | 7,44 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 34996 | 390 | 5,92 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 15247 | 236 | 8,52 |
| 20. | Gorj | 12216 | 109 | 4,16 |
| 21. | Harghita | 10586 | 103 | 3,68 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 28477 | 224 | 6,32 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 14969 | 226 | 8,66 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 58873 | 597 | 8,37 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 61488 | 704 | 16,83 |
| 26. | Maramures | 26948 | 121 | 4,71 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 12703 | 140 | 7,83 |
| 28. | Mureş | 29682 | 217 | 5,04 |
| 29. | German | 25457 | 239 | 5,50 |
| 30. | Olt | 20687 | 228 | 6,75 |
| 31. | Prahova | 48898 | 480 | 8,80 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 17717 | 98 | 3,42 |
| 33. | Salaj | 14533 | 109 | 7,06 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 32827 | 100 | 7,01 |
| 35. | Suceava | 33265 | 174 | 4,44 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 19640 | 230 | 7,83 |
| 37. | Timis | 72912 | 261 | 10,60 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 10823 | 105 | 5,63 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 22270 | 131 | 5,68 |
| 40. | dale | 20660 | 132 | 6,26 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 14139 | 57 | 4,25 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 253735 | 3181 | 16,27 |
| 43. | From abroad** | 1614 | 6 | |
| 44. | New cases not allocated by county | 19509* |
-1.648 | |
| TOTAL | 1.457.260 | 11.546 | ||
*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.
**As for cases from abroad, these are cases of citizens who came to Romania having been infected in other countries. These cases were included in the total of new cases not allocated by county.
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, 871 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 | 36 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 29 |
| 3 | Arges | 6 |
| 4 | BAKU | 13 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 3 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 4 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 8 |
| 8 | Braila | 4 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 21 |
| 10 | Buzau | 53 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 7 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 5 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 33 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 16 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 7 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 13 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 10 |
| 18 | Galata | 18 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 11 |
| 20 | GORGE | 13 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 13 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 19 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 9 |
| 24 | IASI | 56 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 45 |
| 26 | Maramures | 8 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 2 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 183 |
| 29 | Mures | 24 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 26 |
| 31 | OLT | 14 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 13 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 10 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 10 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 6 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 30 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 33 |
| 38 | Timis | 16 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 5 |
| 40 | dale | 7 |
| 41 | row | 25 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 7 |
| Total | 871 |
Until today, 41.781 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 16.10.2021 (10:00) – 17.10.2021 (10:00) 299 deaths (146 men and 153 women), of which one before the reference interval, of patients infected with the new coronavirus were reported by the INSP , admitted to hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bistrita-Năsăud, Bihor, Brăila, Botoșani, Brașov, Buzău, Călărași, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galați, Giurgiu, Gorj, Harghita, Ialomița , Ilfov, Maramureș, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sălaj, Sibiu, Suceava, Teleorman, Vaslui, Vrancea and the City of Bucharest.
Among the 299 deaths, 1 was registered in the age category 20-29 years, 3 in the age category 30-39 years, 18 in the age category 40-49 years, 28 in the age category 50-59 years, 80 in age category 60-69 years, 97 in the age category 70-79 years and 72 in the age category over 80 years.
276 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, 15 deceased patients had no comorbidities, and for 8 deceased patients no comorbidities have been reported to date.
A death was reported before the reference interval, occurring in September 2021, in Bihor county. In the reference interval (the last 24 hours) 298 deaths were recorded.
Of the total of 299 deceased patients, 271 were unvaccinated and 28 vaccinated. The 28 deceased vaccinated patients were aged between 40 and 80 years. 27 of the deceased vaccinated patients had comorbidities, and no comorbidities were reported for 1 deceased patient.
In the health units, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 18.901. Of these, 1.750 are hospitalized at ATI.
Out of the total of hospitalized patients, 431 are minors, 394 being hospitalized in wards and 37 in ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 9.997.204 RT-PCR tests and 3.902.275 rapid antigen tests have been processed. In the last 24 hours, 17.638 RT-PCR tests (8.297 based on case definition and medical protocol and 9.341 on request) and 23.585 rapid antigen tests were performed.
On the territory of Romania, 136.423 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 17.140 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 59.743 people are in home quarantine, and 188 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 7.640 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 October 16, 3.104 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 491.350 lei.
Also, through the competent structures of the Police, 2 criminal files were 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."
