Sarbecovirus

Bucharest, Feb 14 /Agerpres/ - Timis County remains in the red zone, with 3.69 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections per 1,000 inhabitants, slightly higher than on the previous day (3.61), the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Sunday. Maramures County, which exited the red zone on Saturday, registers a rate of 2.97, slightly higher than on the previous day (2.92).

Another patient who was in Pavilion V of the "Matei Bals" Institute during the fire on January 29 has died, the death toll reaching thus 18 in this case.

They said that the animal from which the coronavirus originated was not found. They add that there is no indication that the virus was present in the Chinese city of Wuhan long before it was discovered.
According to Liang Wannian, a Chinese expert from Tsinghua University, bats and pangolins have been ruled out as possible sources of coronavirus.

Three other cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the UK version, have been registered in Romania.

After scientists in Athens sounded the alarm on Monday over a 205% increase in the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 in raw sewage in the Greek capital scientists from Aristotle University said on Tuesday that a similar trend is emerging in the northern port city of Thessaloniki as well.

The areas with the most newly confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the last report are Cluj County - 451, followed by Bucharest municipality - 335 and the counties of Timis - 240, Brasov - 119, Suceava - 98, according to data transmitted on Tuesday by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS).

Another 95 people - 54 men and 41 women - infected with SARS-CoV-2 died in the last 24 hours, according to data transmitted on Tuesday by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the total number of those who died reaching 19,056.

The presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in raw sewage from the Attica basin shot up 205% between January 29 and February 5, indicating that Greece is facing a fresh surge in the pandemic, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Athens has said.

A number of 1,975 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the last 24 hours, following more than 15,500 tests performed nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Sunday. These are cases that have not previously tested positive, says GCS. As of Sunday, 745,318 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in Romania.

Greek health authorities on Friday announced 1,195 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 in the country, which brought the total number recorded to 162,107.

Furthermore, 246 coronavirus patients are currently intubated (median age is 70), while 1,155 have left ICU.