COVID-19 positive cases down to 11

Vietnamese citizens repatriated from South Africa receive certificates for their completion of 14-day quarantine (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through 76
consecutive days without new cases recorded in the community on July 1
morning, with the number of positive cases reducing to 11.

According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19
Prevention and Control, 20 patients are being treated at health facilities
nationwide and most are in stable condition. Four tested negative for
once and five tested negative at least twice.

Among the total 355 infections so far, 215 were imported and
quarantined upon arrival. The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that
335 patients have given all-clear and there is no death.

At present, 12,580 people having close contact with patients
or entering from pandemic-hit areas are quarantined at hospitals, concentrated
quarantine facilities, and homes./.