Romania sees new single-day record of coronavirus cases

Romania added 1,356 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest number of daily cases since the start of the pandemic. The total coronavirus cases in the country reached 49,591 on Thursday, July 30, the authorities announced in the daily report released at 13:00.

Separately, 526 patients who were retested still had the Covid-19 infection.

Of the total cases, 26,609 patients have recovered, while 4,005 asymptomatic patients were discharged ten days after the diagnosis.

The death toll since the start of the pandemic went up to 2,304 after 35 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours.

Of those who passed away in the last 24 hours, two were aged between 20 and 29, one was aged between 30 and 39, one was aged between 40 and 49, one between 50 and 59, 12 between 60 and 69, six between 70 and 79, and 12 were older than 80. All 35 of them had previous medical conditions.

The number of patients admitted to intensive care units went up to 402, from 377 the day before. Overall, 7,265 coronavirus patients are admitted to hospitals in the country.

At a national level, 1,177,630 tests were carried out by July 30. Of these, 23,346 were performed in the past 24 hours, 9,780 of them on request.

Throughout Romania, 3,155 people who tested positive for the Covid-19 infection were isolated at home, while 6,223 people were under institutionalized isolation. Furthermore, 18,244 people were under quarantine at home, and 96 under institutionalized quarantine.

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