One more imported case of COVID-19 recorded over last 12 hours

Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A 55-year-old Vietnamese man
returning from Angola was detected with COVID-19 in the past 12 hours to 6am
April 9, raising Vietnam’s total coronavirus cases to 2,669, the Ministry of
Health reported.

The country’s remained at 1,603,
including 910 detected since January 27 when the latest resurgence
recorded in Hai Duong.

The total recoveries are 2,429 while the death toll remained
at 35, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.

Among those still undergoing treatment, 22 have tested
negative for the COVID-19 once, 11 others twice, and 17 thrice.

There are 36,971 people who had close contact with
confirmed cases or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions quarantined at
present.

The Ministry of Health also announced that 1,208 more people
were vaccinated against on April 8, bringing the number of those
receiving the vaccine to 56,359, most of whom are health workers and those in
the frontline of the anti-pandemic fight./.