Breaking news. COVID-19, balance September 28. Romania is close to 5,000 dead. Disaster in ATI

To date, on September 28, in Romania, 123,944 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.

99,344 patients were declared cured. Following tests conducted at the national level, compared to the last report, 1,271 new cases of people infected with SARS – CoV – 2 (COVID – 19) were registered, cases that had not previously had a positive test.

The county breakdown of the total and new cases can be found in the table below.

Apart from newly confirmed cases, after retesting patients who were already positive, 246 people were positively reconfirmed. The county distribution of these cases can be found in the following table.

To date, 4,748 people diagnosed with COVID-19 infection have died.

Between 27.09.2020 (10:00) – 28.09.2020 (10:00) there were 30 deaths (15 men and 15 women), of some patients infected by the new coronavirus, hospitalized in Alba, Arad, Argeș, Bacău, Bihor, Botoșani, Cluj, Constanța, Dolj, Gorj, Maramureș, Prahova, Tulcea, Vaslui, Vrancea and Bucharest.

Of these, 1 death was recorded in the age group 20 to 29 years, 1 death in the age group 40 to 49 years, 2 deaths in the age category 50 to 59 years, 7 deaths in the age group age 60 to 69 years, 10 deaths in the age category 70 to 79 years and 9 deaths in the category over 80 years.

29 of the deaths recorded were from patients who had comorbidities and one deceased patient had no comorbidities. In specialized health units, the total number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 is 7,528. Of these, 557 are hospitalized in ATI.

To date, 2,372,340 tests have been processed nationwide. Of these, 6,162 were carried out in the last 24 hours, 4,306 according to case definition and medical protocol and 1,856 by request.

In Romania, 10,331 people confirmed with the new coronavirus infection are in isolation at home and 7,395 people are in institutional isolation. In addition, 24,136 people are in home quarantine and 179 people are in institutionalized quarantine.