A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new cases on May 6 morning, making
it 20 days in a row without infections within the community, the National
Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported.
The
national count stands still at 271, of whom 131 were imported cases who were quarantined
upon arrival, the committee said.
A
total of 232 patients have recovered or been discharged from hospital so far
while the remainder are being treated at centrally-run and provincial medical
facilities. Most of them are in stable conditions.
As
many as 34,097 are under quarantine or health monitoring, of whom 245 stay at
concentrated facilities in hospitals, 10,293 at other and
23,559 at home and accommodations.
Among
the active patients, 12 had tested negative for that causes the
acute respiratory disease once as of May 6 morning, and nine negative twice or
more.
The
HCM City’s Health Department reported on May 5 that a recovered COVID-19
patient in the city tested positive again, marking the tenth relapse case in
the locality.
The
latest relapse case is Patient 204 who was declared to have recovered on April
10 after testing negative three times.
However,
his test result turned positive 25 days after hospital discharge. He is being
treated at the Cu Chi hospital for COVID-19 in the city.
HCM
City has confirmed 10 relapse cases so far./.
Source: VietnamPlus
