Romania's 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Coronavirus Deaths

Romania's fourth and fifth coronavirus casualties were a woman (age 72) and a man (age 71) from Suceava. Both died at the county hospital in Suceava, and had pre-existent conditions: cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Neither traveled elsewhere or were known to meet people confirmed to be positive to the coronavirus test. It is possible that the two patients met while in the hospital. When the medical personnel was tested, 18 doctors and 9 nurses tested positive to the coronavirus. It was suggested that other hospitals routinely test their medical personnel because in some cases it may that the hospital staff and the hospitals are the ones infecting patients who come to receive treatment for chronic conditions, e.g., like dialysis.

The 6th person to die was a man of 64 years of age from Arad. He was a penticostal preacher who had be unwell for some time. His illness made him unable to preach or travel and so it is believed the coronavirus infection was local. It was reported that he had enough pre-existent conditions to make it difficult to tell that he had coronavirus until the day he died when the test came back positive.

The 7th person to due was a 65 year old man with kidney failure from Bucharest. He was in contact with another person confirmed positive to coronavirus and also suffering from kidney failure and in need of dialysis . 


The 8th person to die was a 70 year old man who died at the county hospital in Craiova. He was reported to be obese (second degree) and insulin dependent.  He had returned to Italy together with his daughter on March 7th. The daughter is still quarantine.


In the meantime, in Romania, pharmacies report running out of medication needed for chronically ill patients including diabetes and problems with the thyroid gland. Problems with obtaining medication have been predicted since the beginning of March since many of the substances come from abroad and some of the supply chains are broken. Over-shopping is also to blame for the depleting of the exiting stock. If the shortage continues, people will die from lack of treatment as consequence to the coronavirus outbreak and of the measures taken to stop it.