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Another 222 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last information, bringing the total case count to 21,404, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Friday. Of the people confirmed positive, 15,445 were declared cured and discharged. As many as 171 COVID-19 patients are in intensive care.

Another five people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,360, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Wednesday. These are four men and one woman aged between 54 and 78. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

One more person infected with the novel coronavirus has passed away, taking the number of COVID-19 fatalities to 1,355, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs on Wednesday. The latest fatality is a woman aged 78, from Arges county. AGERPRES(RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Tuesday welcomed leaders of the Association of Romania's Financial Companies to discuss the introduction of a funding mechanism complementary to the SME Invest programme with the aim of supporting companies to obtain funding for the purchase of equipment and machinery necessary for their activity.

Another two people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,345, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Monday. These are one man aged 58 and one woman aged 71. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Another four people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 1,343, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Monday. These are four men aged between 37 and 90. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban urged Romanians again to protect themselves and observe the "physical distance for health protection," warning that "any significant increase in the number of cases [of COVID-19 infections] can lead to new restrictive measures." "We await to see what happens.

Another six people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death tool to 1,305, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Thursday. These are four men and two women aged 69 to 89. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Rodica State, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

Five more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll in Romania thus reaching 1,193, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday. It is about two women and three men aged between 36 and 96. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalin Alexandru, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Health Minister Nelu Tataru said in Iasi on Friday that COVID-19 infections in Romania are on a downward path. "That plateau time has passed. We are on a downward path. There has been almost a week in which we have gone down a downward slope and for about 4-5 days cases have been actually declining. We had a day yesterday when the number seemed to go up, but today we are on a downward slope.