Medical workers are disinfected after their shift in HCM City (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The on July 14 afternoon announced three
, raising the number of deaths in Vietnam to
135.
The three were elderly with serious .
The first was patient No 21842, an 87-year-old woman living in District 8,
Ho Chi Minh City. She suffered from hypertension and senility. She tested
positive for SARS-CoV-2 on July 4 and was treated at the HCM City Hospital
for Tropical Diseases.
She died on July 10 and the cause of death was recorded
as acute myocardial infarction, septic shock, severe pneumonia caused by
SARS-CoV-2 infection in hypertensive patients and old age.
The second was also from HCM City. Patient No 27272 was a 67-year-old man.
He suffered from cerebrovascular accident, chronic arthritis
requiring medical treatment.
He lived with his son
who was positive for . From June 17 to 27, he had a high fever, cough,
and difficult breathing. He was quarantined for treatment at the Binh Chanh district
health centre and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. On June 27, he was
transferred to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
He died on July 10, with
cause of death recorded as septic shock, skin infection, severe pneumonia
due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, multi-organ failure in patients with
cerebrovascular accidents and chronic arthritis.
The last, patient 16223, was an
83-year-old woman from Binh Thanh district in HCM City. She suffered from
hypertension, senile dementia, cerebrovascular accident and percutaneous
gastrostomy.
On June 28-29, she developed a fever and cough, was admitted to the Binh
Thanh Hospital, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and was transferred to the HCM
City Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
She passed away on July
12, with cause of death recorded as septic shock, severe pneumonia caused by
SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with hypertension, senility and myocardial
infarction./.
Source: VietnamPlus
