Most of the infections were confirmed in Botosani county (37) and in Bucharest (30), the ministry said in a press release. The other cases were registered in the counties of Arges (4), Constanta, Dolj, Harghita, Iasi, Prahova, Teleorman, Ilfov (2 each), Covasna, Giurgiu, Hunedoara and Timis (1 each).
Several schools suspended their activity for seven days, either in individual classes or altogether.
In the last 24 hours, three nurses and two doctors in Botosani county and one nurse and one doctor in Iasi county were confirmed as infected with AH1N1 flu.