The National Public Health Institute (INSP) on Tuesday reported that between October 14 and 20, 554 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were reported in Romania, down 41.6% from the previous week.
According to INSP, 178 of the new cases were in reinfected patients who tested positive more than 90 days after the first infection.
Between October 14 and 20, seven deaths were reported in people with COVID-19, all with comorbidities.
So far, 69,196 people diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection have died in Romania.
As of this week, 3,579,661 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were recorded in the country.
Last week, 586 RT-PCR tests and 10,078 rapid antigen tests were performed. The positivity rate was 5.2%, down 2.6%.
So far, 14,031,982 RT-PCR tests and 15,046,904 rapid antigen tests have been processed nationwide.