One more COVID-19 patient dies in Vietnam

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Hanoi (VNA) – A 66-year-old COVID-19 patient in Cam Le district, the central city of
Da Nang died on August 10, raising the death toll to 14 since the pandemic
broke out in Vietnam.

According to Deputy
Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son, who is also head of the special team in response
to COVID-19 in Da Nang, the man had end-stage chronic renal failure and his
heart had stopped beating for many times.

He had been under
treatment at from July 6-27, and tested positive for the
coronavirus on July 26.

The patient was
transferred to the COVID-19 quarantine and treatment centre of Hue Central
Hospital in central Thua Thien-Hue province on July 28, where he was diagnosed with
coronavirus infection and severe pneumonia, with end-stage chronic renal
failure.

He died in the
morning of August 10.

Vietnam
recorded six more  cases on August 10 afternoon, bringing the national
tally to 847, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control.

Of the new
patients, aged 8 – 65, one
is in the central province of Quang Nam, four in the central city of Da Nang,
and one imported case in Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the committee’s treatment subcommittee, four more patients were reported to fully recover on
August 10, lifting the total recoveries to 399.

Among the remaining active patients, nine have tested
negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once and 36 others at least twice.

A total of 182,267 people who had close contact with
COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are
being quarantined nationwide, including 5,139 at hospitals, 28,408 at other
concentrated quarantine facilities, and 148,720 at their homes./.