Samples collected for testing in central city. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Two more COVID-19 patients died early August 10,
raising the country’s total to 13, said Deputy Minister of Health
Nguyen Truong Son later the same day.
Both are women
residing in the central city of Da Nang who had been suffering from end-stage
chronic kidney failure.
One of the latest fatalities was Patient No.430 who also had history of heart
failure, high blood pressure and sepsis. The cause of her death were diagnosed as COVID-19-related acute pneumonia, multi-organ
dysfunction, septic shock on end-stage chronic kidney failure and heart failure.
The other
was 47-year-old patient No.737,
who had record of heart problems and
hypertension. She died of heart problems, end-stage chronic kidney failure and
COVID-19.
reported no new coronavirus cases between 6 pm August 9 to 6 am August
10, keeping the national count at
841, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.
Of the total
cases, there are 317 imported ones who were quarantined right upon arrival.
Meanwhile, the
number of patients related to the Da Nang outbreak since July 25, the current
pandemic hotspot, has amounted to 384./.
Source: VietnamPlus
