Faget, a town in Timis county, western Romania, is the first city placed under quarantine under the new legislation, G4media.ro reported.

Still, more are likely to follow it as the number of people infected with COVID-19 has been rising fast in recent days.

A final decision on quarantining Mioveni, where the Dacia car plant is located, and Pitesti, a bigger city close to it where part of the workers live, is expected for July 27.

The rising number of infections in Arges county supports tight restrictions, including quarantine.

On July 26 at 13:00, the authorities reported 1,120 new people infected with coronavirus identified in the last 24 hours.

The number of tests was just under 16,000 resulting in an infection rate of 7% - with the 5% seen as the red line.

The number of patients under intensive care rose to 345, and 22 people died in the 24 hours since the previous report. 

(Photo: primariafaget.ro)

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