Over the past week, 11,226 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in Romania, including more than 4,000 more cases than last week. 3583 cases – reinfected. 967 patients were hospitalized, 63 of them in intensive care.

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So far, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, 3,440,346 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been registered in Romania.

How many patients are hospitalized

Currently, 967 people with a diagnosis of COVID-19 are hospitalized in Romanian hospitals.

63 patients were hospitalized in the intensive care unit, 40 of them were unvaccinated.

Out of the total number of hospitalized patients, 212 are minors, 205 are in wards, and 7 are in GTP.

The most patients were hospitalized in Bucharest (161), Vaslui (59), Galati (52), Suceava and Dola (49 each).

18 deaths in the last week

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and until today, 68,314 people diagnosed with Sars-CoV-2 infection have died in Romania.

In the period 11.09.2023 (10:00) – 17.09.2023 (10:00) INSP reported 18 deaths (11 men and 7 women) of patients with COVID-19.

Deaths were recorded: 1 in the age category 30-39 years, 1 in the age category 50-59 years, 4 in the age category 60-69 years, 9 in the age category 70-79 years, and 3 in the age category over 80 years. age category.

Of the total number of dead, 17 had concomitant diseases, 5 were vaccinated.

How many people were checked

From September 11 to 17, 2023, 3,397 RT-PCR tests and 40,469 rapid antigen tests were conducted.

To date, 13,928,704 RT-PCR tests and 14,012,300 rapid antigen tests have been processed at the national level since the beginning of the pandemic.

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