The coronavirus continues to generate increasing problems in Romania due to the increasing number of infections which in turn generates an increasing level of occupancy of hospital beds, including in intensive care, the rate of growth being alarming during this period, which that won't change anytime soon.
The authorities are concerned about the coronavirus after the number of new cases increased so much that even doctors in hospitals began to complain that the number of hospitalizations has increased extremely recently, but for the time being no more restrictive measures will be taken serious for Romania, unfortunately.
As you already know very well, the vaccination campaign has entered a serious deadlock, and this is because for some time not many Romanians have been vaccinated with the first dose, the numbers constantly remaining below the value of 10.000 new immunizations with the first dose, on many days even below 5000, and wave 5 will be a very strong one for this reason.
"In the last 24 hours, 16.760 new cases of people infected with SARS - CoV - 2 (COVID - 19) were registered, 8.642 more than the previous day. 1.697 of the new cases in 24 hours are of reinfected patients who 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 | 35.781 | 138 | 3,33 |
| 2. | Arad | 45.172 | 297 | 3,50 |
| 3. | Arges | 48.231 | 131 | 2,27 |
| 4. | Bacau | 44.983 | 446 | 3,61 |
| 5. | Bihor | 55.913 | 834 | 5,42 |
| 6. | Bistrita-Nasaud | 21.485 | 172 | 4,71 |
| 7. | Botosani | 24.911 | 339 | 3,06 |
| 8. | Braşov | 72.482 | 562 | 6,03 |
| 9. | Braila | 23.716 | 73 | 1,32 |
| 10. | Buzau | 25.595 | 181 | 1,74 |
| 11. | Caras-Severin | 20.167 | 90 | 2,02 |
| 12. | Calarasi | 18.263 | 64 | 1,13 |
| 13. | Cluj | 97.791 | 501 | 9,17 |
| 14. | Constanta | 74.245 | 461 | 4,61 |
| 15. | Covasna | 13.753 | 43 | 1,61 |
| 16. | Dambovita | 38.209 | 210 | 2,15 |
| 17. | Dolj | 46.858 | 257 | 1,54 |
| 18. | Galaţi | 46.172 | 217 | 2,19 |
| 19. | Giurgiu | 20.536 | 60 | 1,45 |
| 20. | Gorj | 15.794 | 87 | 0,98 |
| 21. | Harghita | 15.720 | 237 | 3,46 |
| 22. | Hunedoara | 38.464 | 231 | 3,81 |
| 23. | Ialomiţa | 20.217 | 101 | 1,63 |
| 24. | Iaşi | 76.195 | 463 | 2,88 |
| 25. | Ilfov | 81.191 | 519 | 6,23 |
| 26. | Maramures | 35.114 | 355 | 4,94 |
| 27. | Mehedinti | 16.138 | 34 | 0,80 |
| 28. | Mureş | 42.276 | 353 | 2,39 |
| 29. | German | 34.038 | 391 | 3,28 |
| 30. | Olt | 26.793 | 45 | 0,89 |
| 31. | Prahova | 66.222 | 258 | 2,35 |
| 32. | Satu Mare | 23.252 | 123 | 4,91 |
| 33. | Salaj | 19.105 | 153 | 3,65 |
| 34. | Sibiu | 46.267 | 365 | 4,71 |
| 35. | Suceava | 44.887 | 604 | 6,72 |
| 36. | Teleorman | 25.624 | 88 | 1,11 |
| 37. | Timis | 95.781 | 938 | 7,13 |
| 38. | Tulcea | 14.643 | 99 | 2,30 |
| 39. | Vaslui | 27.893 | 146 | 1,32 |
| 40. | dale | 27.802 | 101 | 2,02 |
| 41. | Vrancea | 18.842 | 114 | 1,85 |
| 42. | Municipality of Bucharest | 327.948 | 2632 | 6,15 |
| 43. | From abroad** | 3.630 | 36 | |
| 44. | New cases not allocated by county | 10.207* |
3211 | |
| TOTAL | 1.928.306 | 16.760 | ||
*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:
In total, until today, January 18, 1.928.306 cases of infection with the new coronavirus (COVID-19) have been registered on the territory of Romania, of which 22.316 are of re-infected patients, tested positive after a period of more than 180 days after the first infection.
1.784.107 patients were declared cured.
Distinct from the newly confirmed cases, following retesting of patients who were already positive, 764 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 | 8 |
| 2 | I PLOW | 28 |
| 3 | Arges | 7 |
| 4 | BAKU | 15 |
| 5 | BIHOR | 10 |
| 6 | BISTRIŢA | 7 |
| 7 | BOTOSANS | 6 |
| 8 | Braila | 5 |
| 9 | BRASOV | 14 |
| 10 | Buzau | 14 |
| 11 | Calarasi | 2 |
| 12 | Caras-Severin | 5 |
| 13 | CLJ extension | 38 |
| 14 | CONSTANT | 43 |
| 15 | COVASNA | 10 |
| 16 | Dambovita | 5 |
| 17 | DOLJ | 16 |
| 18 | Galata | 16 |
| 19 | GIURGE | 14 |
| 20 | GORGE | 5 |
| 21 | THE HELL | 10 |
| 22 | HUNEDOARA | 18 |
| 23 | Ialomita | 4 |
| 24 | IASI | 53 |
| 25 | ILFOV | 32 |
| 26 | Maramures | 12 |
| 27 | Mehedinti | 1 |
| 28 | THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUCHAREST | 166 |
| 29 | Mures | 13 |
| 30 | GERMAN | 19 |
| 31 | OLT | 5 |
| 32 | PRAHOVA | 18 |
| 33 | SALAJ | 4 |
| 34 | BIG VILLAGE | 13 |
| 35 | SIBIU | 10 |
| 36 | SUCEAVA | 39 |
| 37 | TELECOMMAND | 14 |
| 38 | Timis | 46 |
| 39 | TULCEA | 7 |
| 40 | dale | 8 |
| 41 | row | 2 |
| 42 | VRANCES | 2 |
| Total | 764 |
Until today, 59.327 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.
In the interval 17.01.2022 (10:00) – 18.01.2022 (10:00) 70 deaths (29 men and 41 women), of which 5 before the reference interval, of patients infected with the new coronavirus were reported by the INSP , hospitalized in hospitals in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Bistrita-Năsăud, Brăila, Buzău, Constanța, Covasna, Dâmbovița, Dolj, Galati, Hunedoara, Ialomița, Ilfov, Mureș, Neamț, Olt, Prahova, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea and the City of Bucharest.
Among the 70 deaths, 1 was registered in the age category 30-39 years, 1 in the age category 40-49 years, 11 in the age category 50-59 years, 10 in the age category 60-69 years, 26 in age category 70-79 years and 21 in the age category over 80 years.
67 of the recorded deaths are of patients who had comorbidities, 1 patient had no comorbidities, and for 2 patients no comorbidities have been reported to date.
Of the total of 70 deceased patients, 60 were unvaccinated and 10 vaccinated. Vaccinated patients were between the age groups 40-49 years and 70-79 years and had comorbidities.
5 deaths prior to the reference interval were reported, occurring in the counties of Bacău, Călărași and Gorj, in December 2021.
In specialized health units, the number of people hospitalized in wards with COVID-19 is 4.218, 191 more than the previous day. Also, 487 people are hospitalized at ATI, 2 more than the previous day. Of the 487 patients admitted to ATI, 54 have a certificate attesting to vaccination.
Of the total admitted patients, 348 are minors, 337 being admitted to wards, 20 more than the previous day and 11 to ATI, 10 less than the previous day.
Until this date, at the national level, 11.419.097 RT-PCR tests and 6.671.266 rapid antigenic tests have been processed. In the last 24 hours, 28.750 RT-PCR tests (16.437 based on case definition and medical protocol and 12.313 on request) and 59.269 rapid antigen tests were performed.
In today's report from alerte.ms.ro, for RT PCR tests, there are 3 laboratories that made the first report, thus there is a surplus of 27.771 tests to the total of RT PCR tests performed so far. I mention that these three laboratories sent explanatory emails to INSP in which they confirmed the data reported in alerte.ms.ro. The laboratories sent explanatory emails to the INSP, in which they confirmed the data reported through the IT application.
This correction does not affect the number of positive people, because each positive test is reported in coronaforms at the time of processing.
The number of positive people today is only the result of tests carried out in the last 24 hours.
On the territory of Romania, 64.071 people confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus are in isolation at home, and 4.513 people are in institutional isolation. Also, 66.905 people are in home quarantine, and 30 people are in institutionalized quarantine.
In the last 24 hours, 6.894 calls were registered to the single emergency number 112 and 625 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 January 17, 1.378 contraventional sanctions, in the amount of 322.449 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."
