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GCS: 1,409 new cases of COVID-19; death toll reaches 3,106

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As many as 1,409 news cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded since the last report at the national level, according to the Strategic Communication Group's (GCS) report on Wednesday.

The total number of persons who got infected in Romania reached 73,617.

A number of 33,566 patients have been cured and 8,551 asymptomatic patients have been discharged after 10 days since found infected.

Other 32 persons have died of coronavirus in Romania, with the death toll reaching thus 3,106.

Two deaths were recorded in the 40 - 49 age category, six in the 50 - 59 age category, 11 in the 60 - 69 age category, seven in the 70 - 79 age category and six in the over 80 age category.

There have been processed a number of 1,566,632 novel coronavirus tests nationwide until now.

The number of Romanians who were found to be infected with the novel coronavirus abroad reached 5,919, according to the same source.

As many as 124 Romanian citizens died abroad of COVID-19 until now.

Of the 5,919 Romanians who got infected abroad, 1,898 are in Italy, 588 in Spain, 124 in France, 2,935 in Germany, 157 in UK, 28 in The Netherlands, 2 in Namibia, 4 in the US, 111 in Austria, 20 in Belgium, 6 in Japan, 2 in Indonesia, 2 in Switzerland, 2 in Turkey, 2 i Iceland, 2 in Belarus, 19 in Greece, 2 in Cyprus and one in Argentina, Tunisia, Ireland, Luxembourg, United Arab Emirates, Malta, Brazil, India, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Sweden, Congo, Hungary and Qatar. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Cristina Zaharia)


 

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