GCS: 433 persons infected with novel coronavirus; two persons died

A number of 433 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus so far, and two persons died, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Sunday. Of them, 64 were declared cured and discharged, 47 in Timisoara, 11 in Bucharest, 3 in Craiova, one in Iasi and 2 in Constanta. Since the latest information broadcast, 66 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been recorded. The newly confirmed patients are aged between 9 and 74, the GCS mentioned.   "Today, 22 March, the first two deaths have been registered on Romania's territory of some patients infected with the novel coronavirus. It is a 67-year-old patient confirmed with COVID-19 on 18 March 2020 at the Emergency Unit of Filiasi Hospital and transferred on the same date to SCBI Craiova, the patient was suffering from very serious pre-existing conditions, neoplazic pathology in a terminal stage (cancer). The second patient, aged 74, was admitted at the "Dr. Victor Babes" Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases - Bucharest, transferred from the University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, having a pre-existing chronic disease for which he was in the dialysis programme," the quoted source indicated. Furthermore, 14 patients are admitted to the Anesthesia - Intensive Care ward, of whom three in a serious health condition. The health status of the other patients is good, stationary. According to the GCS, on Romania's soil, there are 4,803 persons in institutionalized quarantine for whom checks are being conducted to see if they contracted COVID-19. Other 65,799 persons are isolated at home and under medical supervision. "To date, nationwide, 9,967 tests have been processed, 242 of them in private medical units," the GCS mentioned. In the past 24 hours, there were 1,231 calls to the 112 single emergency line and 4,857 to the TELVERDE line for the information of citizens (0800 800 358). AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)