No new COVID-cases recorded on September 1 morning

Seven patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases are given the all-clear. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19
cases on September 1 morning, keeping the country’s total infections at 1,044,
according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

Of the total, 690 are locally transmitted cases, with 550
linked to the outbreak in the central city of since July 25.

The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that 707
out of the 1,044 patients have been given the all-clear. The death toll has
reached 34.

Among the active patients, 29 have tested negative for the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 72 twice and 36 three times.

Currently, 55,370 people who had close contact with COVID-19
patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide,
including 908 quarantined at hospitals, 16,117 people at concentrated quarantine
establishments and 38,345 at home./.