Another COVID-19 patient dies, raising death toll to 17

COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A patient in the central city of Da Nang died in the
early morning of August 12, bringing the total fatalities to 17, according to
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son.

The
55-year-old patient had also suffered from , end-stage chronical
kidney failure and hypertension, said Son, who is also head of the ministry’s
special team in charge of COVID-19 prevention and control in Da Nang.

The
man was treated in Hospital from July 26-30, and tested positive for
the coronavirus on July 27.

He
was transferred to Hue Central Hospital No. 2 in the central province of Thua
Thien-Hue on July 31.

Doctors
attributed his death to severe pneumonia caused by COVID-19, in a patient with
diabetes type 1, and , septic shock and
multiple organ failure.

As
of August 12 morning, Vietnam recorded 866
COVID-19 cases, including 405 linked to the outbreak in Da Nang.

Of the total cases, 399 or 46.1 percent have
made full recovery./.