Romanian authorities said the number of cases climbed to 12,240 on Thursday and the death count rose to almost 700.
The Strategic Communication Group said 262 new cases had been confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The total number of tests conducted since the virus outbreak in March is now 175,374 Authorities have stepped up the number of tests in the past two weeks.
The virus has caused 695 deaths, 20 in the last day, authorities said.
There are currently 247 patients being treated in intensive care.
Since the virus outbreak, 4,5017 people have recovered from the disease, 448 of those in the last day.
| There are 12,000 people in institutionalized quarantine while and 22,230 people are in self-isolation at home. |
