Collecting samples for testing in An Lac ward, Binh Tan district, HCM City. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 76 new local infections of COVID-19 in
the past six hours to 12pm on June 27, bringing the national count to 15,401 according
to the Ministry of Health.
Among the newly-detected cases, 65 were in Ho Chi Minh City, eight in Hung Yen,
two in Bac Giang, and one in Bac Kan. Seventy-one were recorded in quarantine
sites or sealed off areas.
As of 12pm on June 27, Vietnam had documented a total of 13,641 locally
transmitted cases and 1,760imported ones.
Among the under , 370 have tested negative once for the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease, 125 twice, and 152 thrice.
The ministry said 6,137 patients have been given the all-clear so far. The
death toll has reached 75, with the latest being an 80-year-old man from HCM
City.
The patient tested positive for the virus on June 10. He was immediately
brought to Tan Binh District Hospital before being transferred to HCM City
Hospital for Tropical Diseases as his condition worsened with symptoms such as
difficulty breathing and a high fever.
Prior to the virus he was suffering from hypertension, gout disease, Cushing’s
syndrome and difficulty in moving around for years.
The cause of death was recorded as severe pneumonia cause by COVID-19 and septic
shock. He was declared dead at 5am on June 26./.
Source: VietnamPlus
