Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases on September 6

Taking body temperature. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has no new cases
to report over the last 12 hours, keeping the national tally at 1,049, the
National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on
September 6 afternoon.

Of the patients, 691 are locally-transmitted cases, with 551 related to the
outbreak in the central city of Da Nang.

On the same day, 10 more COVID-19 patients, all from Da Nang, were given the
all-clear, raising the total recoveries to 815. Among the active patients, 27
have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 24 twice, and 35 three
times.

The death toll remains at 35. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with
serious underlying diseases.

There are 40,620 people having close contact with confirmed
cases or coming from pandemic-hit areas under at present./.