A health worker takes blood sample for rapid COVID-19 testing from a resident in Dong Ha city, central Quang Tri province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed
21 more locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on August 3 evening, according to
the National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control.
The new patients, aged from 20 to 83, include 15 in the central city of Da Nang
and six in the neighbouring province of . All of them are linked to
the Hospital hotspot.
These brought the number of cases connected to the outbreak in Da Nang to 195.
The outbreak began with the detection of a 57-year-old male patient on July 25,
ending the streak of 99 days of no in Vietnam. It has also
resulted in six deaths, all of them with serious underlying health conditions.
The national tally now stands at 642,
of which 307 were imported cases and were quarantined right upon entry.
The committee’s
treatment sub-committee reported that 374 cases have fully recovered so far.
Among the remaining active patients, nine have tested negative for the
coronavirus once and 12 at least twice. There were sixth deaths.
A total of 103,268 people who had close contact with patients or came from
pandemic-hit areas are now under quarantine nationwide./.
Source: VietnamPlus
