A health worker of Hanoi’s Cau Giay district takes a throat swab from a boy recently returning from Da Nang for testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported four new locally
infected cases of the on August 19 evening, raising the total to
993, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and
control.
Of the new patients, two are female medical
workers in the central city of Da Nang, with the 25-year-old one at the Gia
Dinh (Family) General Hospital and the other, 37, at the Da Nang Hospital.
Another case is a 34-year-old man in Cam Thanh
commune of Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province. His wife was earlier
confirmed as a COVID-19 patient and used to undergo treatment at the Da Nang
Hospital.
The fourth case is a 40-year-old woman in Tan
Binh ward of Hai Duong city, the northern province of Hai Duong. She previously
had close contact with two other COVID-19 patients linked with the hotbed on
Ngo Quyen street of Hai Duong city.
Also on August 19, there were 13 patients
discharged from hospital, raising the number of recoveries so far to 533.
Among those still under treatment, 33 have
tested negative for the coronavirus once, 36 twice, and 29 others
thrice.
Of all COVID-19 cases, 653 are local infections,
including 513 related to Da Nang since the latest outbreak began there on July
25.
As many as 81,585 people having close contact
with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantine
at present./.
Source: VietnamPlus
