Accelerated increase in number of COVID cases from January 1 to date

The number of new COVID-19 cases in Romania is increasing rapidly from January 1 to the present, Agerpres reports.

While on the first day of the year, 1,451 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were registered, within 24 hours, ten days later the number of new cases reached 8,861 on Tuesday.

Romania has entered the 5th wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Health minister Alexandru Rafila said on Sunday evening, stating that there is a sporadic transmission of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, but it is estimated that in one to two weeks there will be a sustained community transmission of this strain.

"We are on one of the fastest growth trends in Europe and I am not just talking about the European Union, we are in second or third place, so we have no reason to relax, but on the contrary we must be extremely careful," the minister said.

New COVID-19 cases from the beginning of the year to the present:

* January 1 - 1,451 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 and 27 deaths, of which one previously;

* January 2 - 958 new cases;

* January 3 - 1,756 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 and 18 deaths;

* January 4 - 3,900 new cases and 52 deaths, including five previous ones;

* January 5 - 4,893 new cases and 30 deaths, of which six previous cases;

* January 6 - 6,018 new cases and 44 deaths;

* January 7 - 5,922 new cases and 31 deaths;

* January 8 - 6,036 new cases and 26 deaths;

* January 9 - 4,712 new cases and 14 deaths;

* January 10 - 4,104 new cases and 16 deaths;

* January 11 - 8,861 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 and 43 deaths.