March 6 (SeeNews) - Romania's interior ministry said on Friday that it has confirmed a new, eighth, case of the coronavirus infection in the country.
A 51-year old man who tested positive for the virus in Olt county, in southern Romania is isolated at a hospital in Craiova, the ministry said in a press release.
Also on Friday, a 16-year old girl tested positive for the virus in Timisoara, in western Romania. The girl was admitted to a hospital in Timisoara.
Three of the eight Romanians who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus infection have been cured and discharged from hospital, according to the health ministry.
As of Friday, 21 people were in quarantine in Romania, while the condition of 12,158 people staying at home was being monitored, according to health ministry data.