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As many as 1,255 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were recorded in the last 24 hours in Romania, down 222 from the previous day, with over 23,000 RT-PCR and rapid antigenic tests performed, the Health Ministry informed on Friday.
Of the new cases, 154 were in re-infected patients, who tested positive more than 90 days after the first time they recovered from the disease, Agerpres.ro informs.
Most of the newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Romania since the previous reporting were recorded in Bucharest City - 398 and in the counties of Timis - 85, Cluj - 82, Ilfov - 57, and Brasov - 54.
As of Friday, 2,880,276 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Romania.
- Hospitalisations -
As many as 1,771 people with COVID-19, down 57 from the previous reporting, including 94 children, are hospitalised in Romania at specialist care facilities.
Out of the total number of hospitalised patients, 246 patients are in intensive care, down five.
Of the 246 patients admitted to ICU, 214 are unvaccinated against COVID-19.
- Deaths -
According to the ministry, another 13 Romanians infected with SARS-CoV-2 - six men and seven women - are reported dead in the last 24 hours.
Out of the total 13 patients who died, 11 were unvaccinated and two vaccinated. One of the dead vaccinated person was aged 60-69 years and the other was over 80 years old, and both had comorbidities.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 65,310 people diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 infection have died in Romania.
