The coronavirus continues to be at the center of Romanians' lives during this period, even if recently the number of new cases has been decreasing, the pandemic remaining a very serious problem at the moment, and this is because of the Omicron variant, but until then the authorities have confirmed of new cases in the last 24 hours.
The situation in hospitals is much better than a few weeks ago, the number of hospitalizations is seriously decreasing, as are the numbers of those who need specialized care in the intensive care units, but unfortunately we still register more than 100 daily deaths caused by infection with the Coronavirus , and this is an extremely serious problem.
Regarding the vaccination campaign, it is quite clear that the situation is still very far from being good, with the daily figures regarding immunizations constantly falling, now reaching less than 10.000 daily vaccinations with the first dose , and this trend seems, for now, impossible to reverse, at least based on current data.
"Until today, December 8, 1.789.539 cases of infection with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) were registered on the territory of Romania, of which 10.552 are of re-infected patients, tested positive more than 180 days after the first infection.
1.707.968 patients were declared cured.
In the last 24 hours, 1.279 new cases of people infected with SARS - CoV - 2 (COVID - 19) were registered, of which 35 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 | 33.858 | 31 | 1.4 |
| 2. | Arad | 41.732 | 83 | 2.41 |
| 3. | Arges | 46.041 | 27 | 0.98 |
| 4. | Bacau | 41.073 | 30 | 0.59 |
| 5. | Bihor | 50.205 | 64 | 1.7 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 19.344 | 15 | 0.58 |
| 7. | Botosani | 22.603 | 14 | 0.57 |
| 8. | Braşov | 66.390 | 70 | 1.54 |
| 9. | Braila | 22.652 | 25 | 0.7 |
| 10. | Buzau | 24.088 | 21 | 0.65 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 18.949 | 39 | 1.28 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 17.710 | 4 | 0.66 |
| 13. | Cluj | 87.933 | 75 | 1.8 |
| 14. | Constanta | 68.854 | 42 | 1.15 |
| 15. | Covasna | 13.047 | 35 | 1.1 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 36.346 | 23 | 0.95 |
| 17. | Dolj | 44.993 | 24 | 0.6 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 43.923 | 13 | 0.68 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 19.839 | 8 | 0.73 |
| 20. | Gorj | 15.195 | 8 | 0.41 |
| 21. | Harghita | 13.984 | 20 | 0.6 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 35.803 | 22 | 1.36 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 19.421 | 17 | 0.67 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 71.399 | 41 | 0.69 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 75.310 | 27 | 1.29 |
| 26. | Maramures | 31.156 | 48 | 0.85 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 15.756 | 5 | 0.62 |
| 28. | Mureş | 39.668 | 44 | 1.44 |
| 29. | German | 31.014 | 24 | 0.6 |
| 30. | Olt | 26.012 | 20 | 0.7 |
| 31. | Prahova | 63.024 | 35 | 0.79 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 20.662 | 15 | 0.62 |
| 33. | Salaj | 17.741 | 15 | 0.84 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 42.851 | 26 | 1.8 |
| 35. | Suceava | 37.844 | 12 | 0.37 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 24.923 | 19 | 0.87 |
| 37. | Timis | 87.126 | 84 | 1.77 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 13.767 | 14 | 0.56 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 26.736 | 9 | 0.38 |
| 40. | dale | 26.556 | 23 | 0.64 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 17.753 | 13 | 0.43 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 303.699 | 179 | 1.21 |
| 43. | From abroad** | 1.988 | 11 | |
| 44. | New cases not allocated by county | 10.571 | -95 | |
| TOTAL | 1.789.539 | 1.279 | ||
*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, 249 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 | 15 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 27 |
| 3 | Arges | 7 |
| 4 | BAKU | 3 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 2 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 1 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 1 |
| 8 | Braila | 1 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 10 |
| 10 | Buzau | 8 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 1 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 5 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 11 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 7 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 2 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 4 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 17 |
| 18 | Galata | 7 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 1 |
| 20 | GORGE | 2 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 7 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 3 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 5 |
| 24 | IASI | 6 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 5 |
| 26 | Maramures | 4 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 1 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 30 |
| 29 | Mures | 14 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 11 |
| 31 | OLT | 1 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 5 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 1 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 1 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 3 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 8 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 4 |
| 38 | Timis | 6 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 0 |
| 40 | dale | 0 |
| 41 | row | 2 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 0 |
| Total | 249 |
Until today, 57.360 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 07.12.2021 (10:00) – 08.12.2021 (10:00) 100 deaths (47 men and 53 women) of patients infected with the new coronavirus, admitted to hospitals in Alba, were reported by the INSP. Argeș, Arad, Bacău, Bihor, Brăila, Botoșani, Brașov, Buzău, Caraș-Severin, Constanța, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Gorj, Galati, Giurgiu, Harghita, Ialomița, Iasi, Mehedinți, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Sibiu, Satu Mare, Suceava, Timiș, Teleorman, Vrancea, Vaslui, Ilfov and the City of Bucharest.
Among the 100 deaths, 1 was registered in the age category 30-39 years, 2 in the age category 40-49 years, 10 in the age category 50-59 years, 34 in the age category 60-69 years, 28 in the 70-79 age category and 25 in the over 80 age category.
96 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, 2 deceased patients had no comorbidities, and for 2 deceased patients no comorbidities have been reported to date.
14 deaths prior to the reference interval were reported, occurring in the counties of Argeș, Brașov, Ilfov, Neamț, Prahova and the Municipality of Bucharest, recorded in the months of October and November 2021. 86 deaths were reported in the reference interval.
Of the total of 100 deceased patients, 85 were unvaccinated and 15 vaccinated. The 15 deceased vaccinated patients were between the age groups of 30-39 years and over 80 years. All vaccinated patients who died had comorbidities.
In specialized health facilities, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 4.959. Of these, 807 are hospitalized at ATI. Of the 807 patients admitted to ATI, 66 have a certificate attesting to vaccination.
Out of the total of hospitalized patients, 88 are minors, 83 being hospitalized in wards and 5 in ATI.
Until this date, at the national level, 10.809.327 RT-PCR tests and 5.468.343 rapid antigen tests have been processed. In the last 24 hours, 15.029 RT-PCR tests (7.814 based on case definition and medical protocol and 7.215 on request) and 27.647 rapid antigen tests were performed.
On the territory of Romania, 24.101 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 5.347 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 53.833 people are in home quarantine, and 57 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 1.357 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 1.321 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 December 7, 1.757 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 317.300 lei, and drew up 1 criminal case.
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."
