First COVID-19 patient to have died in Vietnam

Taking samples for testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A COVID-19 patient with multiple
comorbidities died on July 31 morning, according to the National Steering
Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The committee’s treatment
sub-committee said the 70-year-old man died of myocardial infarction, with chronic diseases of
hypertension, heart failure, end-stage chronic renal failure, and
complications of respiratory failure due to heart failure and COVID-19.

The
, a resident of Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam, developed chest pain and fatigue on July 9, and was admitted to Da Nang Hospital.

On
July 26 he tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, and was treated in the
same hospital. The patient was transferred to the Hue Central Hospital in the
central province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 30 night.

As
of 10:am on July 31, Vietnam had reported 509 COVID-19 cases, with 80 in Da
Nang city, including eight medical workers, 44 patients, 26 family members of
patients, and two detected in the community.

On
July 31 alone, the country confirmed 45 cases, all of whom had been quarantined
at medical facilities and tested for the virus. 

Thirteen
cases were also reported in the central provinces of Quang Nam (seven) and
Quang Ngai (one), Ho Chi Minh City (two), Hanoi (two) and the Central Highlands
province of Dak Lak (one). All of them are linked to the Da Nang outbreak./.