Five COVID-19 cases recorded on April 27

returning from abroad prepare to stay at quarantine facilities (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded five
cases of COVID-19 during the past 12 hours to 6pm April 27, raising the
national total to 2,857, according to the .  

Among the new patients, four are Vietnamese
citizens returning from abroad and have been quarantined immediately after
arrival. The fifth patient was a staff member at a hotel which is used as a
quarantine facility in the northern province of Yen Bai, where several Indian experts
are quarantined after arriving in Vietnam. This staff member has also been
under medical monitoring since the first day he made contact with the Indian
experts.

Meanwhile,
2,516 patients have been given the all clear, and the death toll
remains at 35.

Among
patients still under treatment, 13 have tested negative for the novel
coronavirus once, 15 twice and 20 thrice.

A total 38,266 people are being quarantined across the country./.