As many as 476 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were recorded in the last 24 hours in Romania, by 183 fewer than on the previous day, on over 13,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigenic tests performed, the Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.

Of the new cases, 112 were in re-infected patients who tested positive more than 90 days after the first time they recovered from the disease.

Most of the newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Romania since the previous reporting were recorded in Bucharest City - 149, and in the counties of Cluj - 28 and Timis - 35.

The 14-day COVID-19 notification rate is highest in Bucharest City - at 0.84, and in the county of Cluj - 0.59.

To date, 3,287,870 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Romania.

- Hospitalisations -

As many as 708 people with COVID-19 are hospitalised at specialist care facilities across the country, by 31 fewer than the day before; 45 of this total are children.

Out of the total number of hospitalised patients, 88 are in ICUs. Of the ICU patients, 77 are unvaccinated for COVID-19.

- Deaths -

3 deaths (one man and two women) were recorded, one in 60-69 age category, one in the 70-79 age category and one in the over 80 category. All deceased patients had underlying conditions.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 67,198 people diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 infection have died in Romania.AGERPRES(EN - author: Catalin-Cristian Trandafir, editor: Adina Panaitescu)