A few 100 injured people were still being treated in Romanian hospitals, where half of them were in serious or critical condition, Xinhua quoted the authorities as saying. Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta and his government resigned as a result of public reaction to the tragedy.
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The drummer was being transported by plane to a hospital in Switzerland, where he was due to receive treatment for his burns, when he reportedly went into cardiorespiratory failure yesterday. He died after the plane landed in Romania.
Adrian Stanculea, spokesman for the state burns hospital, said three men died at that facility, while the manager at University Hospital, Catalin Cirstoiu, said a man there died of his injuries.
On stage when the fire tore through the club, surviving members singer Andrei Galut and bassist Alex Pascu were hospitalized with burns and injuries from smoke inhalation, with Galut now recovering in a treatment centre in the Netherlands, while Pascu’s family are trying to relocate him to a different hospital.
Nine deaths were announced on Saturday, the highest number for a single day.
Fireworks set insulation foam ablaze and there was a stampede towards the only exit, trapping numerous 400 people inside.
The large protests followed the October 30 nightclub fire, which many Romanians blame on a weak enforcement of regulations and corruption.
Having already successfully brought down the government, the demonstrators called for corruption to be expelled from politics, EuroNews reported.
“It is only together that we can make this change, neither you alone, nor I alone can do it”, Iohannis yesterday told the several hundred-strong crowd on the sixth consecutive night of demonstrations.
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Iohannis has said he will resume consultations with political parties and civil society leaders about a new prime minister from November 9.
