Romania on Sunday recorded its highest number of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus patients in intensive care units since the pandemic began. The increasing pressure on ICU wards—where 1,334 people are currently receiving care—comes amid a surge of virus cases in the country. Over the past week, Romania has been recording its highest number of infections in three months—on some days more than 6,000 new daily cases. Infections Continue to Climb in Turkey Turkey’s weekly regional CCP virus figures keep increasing. Health ministry statistics released late Saturday showed the rate of infection is more than 251 cases per 100,000 in Istanbul, the country’s largest city—up 41 percent since last week. That means about 40,000 new infections in Istanbul alone, which has quadrupled from numbers first released six weeks ago. Republic of Congo Polls Open; Candidate Sick With Virus Republic of Congo pressed ahead Sunday with an election in which President Denis …