Seven more people suffered severe burns, including the department’s senior doctor.
A total of 16 Covid-19 patients connected to pulmonary ventilators were treated in the unit.
The fire is, of course, caused by an accident, possibly a short circuit in electricity.
The prosecutor’s office is expected to launch an investigation.
Pyatra Njamca is located in northeastern Romania, about 300 kilometers north of the capital Bucharest.
In a country with a population of 19.4 million, 8,684 people have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the epidemic, and 343,725 cases of coronavirus infection have been reported, according to estimates by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
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