Barriers used to control people and vehicles entering or leaving a residential area in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 111 new
COVID-19 infections, including two imported cases and 109 in
or , in the last six hours to 6pm on May 19, according to the
Ministry of Health (MoH).
Among the locally-infected cases, 78 were
detected in Bac Giang, 21 in Bac Ninh, six in Dien Bien, two in Da Nang, one in
Ho Chi Minh City, and one in the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital’s Tan Trieu
facility.
So far, Vietnam has seen 3,217 domestic
infections and 1,473 imported cases. The number of cases since April
27, when the new outbreak began, is now 1,647.
Among patients still under treatment, 37 have tested negative for the
coronavirus once, 29 twice and 23 thrice.
As many as 2,687 patients have been given the
all-clear from the virus, while the death toll remained at 37.
Meanwhile, 121,000 people are being quarantined nationwide./.
Source: VietnamPlus
