Romanian gendarmes check the information of people in downtown Bucharest, Romania, March 30, 2020. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)
Of the infected persons, 647 were declared cured and discharged from hospital, while 178 patients are being treated in intensive care units.
BUCHAREST, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Romania reported 441 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 5,202, authorities announced on Thursday.
The deaths rose by 2 to 229 in the same time span, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the government agency authorized to publish information on COVID-19, informed in its daily announcement.
Of the infected persons, 647 were declared cured and discharged from hospital, while 178 patients are being treated in intensive care units, the GCS added.
A worker conducts disinfection as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Bucharest, Romania on April 6, 2020. (Photo by Gabriel Petrescu/Xinhua)
Meanwhile, as many as 1,917 persons broke self-isolation rules and have been placed in institutional quarantine up to now according to the relevant regulations of a military ordinance that took effect on March 22, while 61 quarantined persons illegally left their designated residences and were ordered a new 14-day quarantine period, the GCS also said.
Romania announced a nationwide lockdown from March 25, after the country entered a state of emergency on March 16 when the number of COVID-19 cases exceeded 100.
The East European country reported its first case on Feb. 26, involving a 20-year-old Romanian national infected by an Italian visitor. Local medical officials and experts estimate that Romania will reach the peak of the outbreak in 10 days to half a month. ■