In the last 24 hours, 935 new cases of COVID-19 were registered, which is 256 fewer than the previous day, and six deaths, according to data sent on Saturday by the Ministry of Health.

The 192 new cases are re-infected patients who tested positive more than 90 days after initial infection. In contrast to new confirmed cases, 72 people were confirmed positive after retesting patients who had already tested positive.

Bucharest reported 260 new cases of COVID-19, while the counties with 100 cases, Caraș Severin, Hunedoara and Maramures, reported no cases.

1,311 patients with COVID-19 were hospitalized, which is 34 less than the previous day. 128 people were hospitalized in GTP departments, four less than on Friday. Of the 128 patients admitted to the HTI, 114 are unvaccinated. Of the total number of hospitalized, 96 are minors, all of them are hospitalized in wards, 3 less than the previous day, and 0 in the intensive care unit, as in the previous day.

By Saturday, 67,027 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 had died in Romania.

In the last day, 6 deaths were registered (3 men and 3 women), 1 death was recorded before the control interval. Out of 6 deaths, 1 was registered in the age category of 40-49 years, 1 in the age category of 50-59 years, 1 in the age category of 60-69 years, 1 in the age category of 70-79 years and 2 in the village. age category older than 80 years. Among the 6 dead, 1 was vaccinated, 5 had comorbidities, and 1 patient had no comorbidities.

Over the last day, 2,460 RT-PCR tests were conducted (1,681 according to diagnosis and medical protocol and 779 according to request) and 8,626 rapid antigen tests. To date, 13,510,689 RT-PCR tests and 11,609,620 rapid antigen tests have been processed at the national level. (Photo: Dreamstime)