Additional 89 COVID-19 cases recorded in six hours

Medical workers take a nasal-throat swab for VOCID-19 testing from  those who participate in high school entrance exams. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam posted 89 new COVID-19 infections cases, including one
imported case, in the past six hours to 12pm on June 12, according to the
Ministry of Health.

Among the new , 81 were detected in quarantine or blocked sites.

Of the
domestic cases, 55 were found in Bac Giang, 20 in Ho Chi Minh City, 10 in Bac
Ninh, and three in Hanoi.

The imported case was a three-year-old boy. He was
put in quarantine upon his arrival in Vietnam through the Long Binh international
border gate in An Giang province.

Twenty-one provinces that were hit by the pandemic
have gone through 14 days without new infections.

Since April 29, more than 4.46 million people have
received testing.

So far, a total of 3,804 patients have been given
the all-clear from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the death toll was 58. The
latest death confirmed on June 12 was a female aged 64. The woman being treated
for lung cancer died of COVID-related complications.

Among the active , 368 have tested negative for the virus once, 105
twice and 61 thrice./.