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A total of 803 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the last 24 hours, with more than 17,000 tests performed, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Monday.
As of Monday, 1,786,839 cases of COVID-19 had been registered in Romania, of which 10,474 were re-infected patients, tested positive more than 180 days after the first period of illness.
According to the GCS, 1,703,284 patients were declared cured.
At the national level, 10,778,908 RT-PCR tests and 5,404,378 rapid antigen tests were processed.
In the last 24 hours, 5,101 RT-PCR tests were performed (2,979 based on the case definition and medical protocol and 2,122 on request) and 12,004 rapid antigen tests.
Apart from the newly confirmed cases, following the retesting of patients who were already positive, 120 people were reconfirmed with COVID-19.
The Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday that 881 intensive care beds were occupied by COVID-19 patients nationwide, compared to 910 the day before.
On Monday, according to data in the alerte.ms application, there were 1,533 ICU beds available for COVID-19 patients nationwide, of which 354 in Bucharest.
Another 54 Romanians infected with SARS-CoV-2 - 28 men and 26 women - are reported dead in the last 24 hours, according to data released on Monday by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force.
The deceased were hospitalised in the counties of Alba, Arad, Arges, Bacau, Botosani, Braila, Brasov, Caras-Severin, Cluj, Dolj, Gorj, Harghita, Salaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, Suceava, Timis, Vaslui, and Bucharest City.
Of the 54 deaths, one was in the age group 30-39 years, two in the age group 40-49 years, one in the age group 50-59 years, 14 in the age group 60-69 years, 16 in the age group 70-79 years, and 20 in the age group over 80 years.
As many as 51 of the recorded deaths were in patients with comorbidities, and three deaths had no comorbidities.
Out of the 54 patients who died, 51 were unvaccinated and three were vaccinated. The age range of the three vaccinated deceased patients was 60-69 to 70-79. All the vaccinated patients who died had comorbidities.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 57,153 people diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 infection have died in Romania.
