The number of cases of COVID-19 in Romania is sharply decreasing after a wave of diseases from the end of July – the first half of August. If more than 57,000 cases were registered in the week from July 25 to 31, then in the last week – only a little more than 16,000 diseases. The authorities expect the decline to continue in the coming weeks under an optimistic scenario. The pessimistic scenario predicts stagnation in the number of cases, but not growth.

The assessment of the Ministry of Health regarding the development of cases of COVID-19 in the following weeks:

Dynamics of COVID-19 cases in Romania over the past month and a half:

However, the number of deaths from COVID-19 did not decrease as much, with 149 in the week of July 25-31, 182 in the week of August 1-7, and 140 in the last week.

Dynamics of mortality from COVID-19 in Romania over the past month and a half:

Just over 1000 cases in the last 24 hours

Over the last day, 1,176 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Romania, which is 195 more than the previous day.

221 new cases in 24 hours refer to re-infected patients who tested positive more than 90 days after the first infection.

In contrast to new confirmed cases, 82 people were confirmed positive after retesting patients who had already tested positive.

How many patients are still hospitalized

In specialized medical institutions, the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 is 2,274, which is 28 more than the previous day.

172 people were hospitalized in the intensive care unit, which is 6 less than the previous day. Of the 176 patients admitted to the HTI, 153 are unvaccinated.

Of the total number of hospitalized patients, 278 are minors, 276 are in wards, which is 7 less than the previous day, and 2 are in the intensive care unit, 1 less than the previous day.

7 deaths in the last day

From the beginning of the pandemic to today, 66,779 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died.

In the period from 04.09.2022 (10:00) to 05.09.2022 (10:00), the National Health Service reported 7 deaths (5 men and 2 women), of which 1 death was recorded before the control interval.

Out of 7 deaths, 1 was registered in the age category of 50-59 years, 2 in the age category of 70-79 years and 4 in the age category over 80 years.

5 deceased had comorbidities, 2 more deceased comorbidities were not identified.

Of the 7 dead, only one was vaccinated.

How many Romanians were checked?

Over the last day, 1,340 PCR-PCR tests were conducted (838 according to the case definition and medical protocol and 502 according to the request) and 6,872 express antigen tests.

From the beginning of the pandemic to this date, 13,438,117 RT-PCR tests and 11,287,261 rapid antigen tests have been processed at the national level.