Four more COVID-19 deaths announced, bringing total to 94

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Hanoi (VNA) – Four more deaths related to were announced on July 6
morning, all of them elderly women with serious underlying in Hanoi,
Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Ho Chi Minh City.

The
total COVID-19 fatalities have reached 94, according to the Treatment Sub-committee
of the .

The
91st death is a 71-year-old woman in Vinh city, the central province of Nghe An,
with , hypertension, osteoarthritis, and Cushing’s syndrome.

She
was admitted to the Nghe An Friendship General Hospital on June 23, with
diagnosis of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 in patients with hypertension, type
2 diabetes, Cushing’s syndrome.

She
died on July 5, with official cause of death registered as septic shock,
multiple organ failure, severe pneumonia due to COVID-19 with respiratory
failure, in a patient with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis,
Cushing’s syndrome.

The
92nd fatality was a 62-year-old woman in Thu Duc city of HCM City, with a
history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and chronic
atrial fibrillation (A-fib).

She
was brought to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on June 30, the same
day she tested positive for COVID-19, with the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by
SARS-CoV-2 with respiratory failure in a patient with hypertension, type 2
diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and heart failure.

The
woman died three days later, on July 3, and the official cause of death was
logged as pulmonary embolism, septic shock, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2
complications (respiratory failure), in a patient with hypertension, type 2
diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic A-fib.

A
97-year-old woman in the central province of Ha Tinh with persistent
hypertension was the country’s 93rd death related to CVOID-19.

On
June 5, she tested positive for coronavirus and was placed under care at Cau
Treo International Border Gate General Hospital, with increasing
coughing and breathing difficulties.

The
next day, she was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in
Hanoi, with a diagnosis of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 in a patient with
hypertension.

She
passed away a month later – on July 4, with official cause of death registered
as septic shock, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, right thigh abscess, and
hypertension.

The
94th death was a 62-year-old woman from Ha Dong district, Hanoi.

The
patient was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2021 (doctors
indicated surgery but the patient refused, and requested to go home for
self-treatment with Vietnamese herbal medicines), hypertension,
and diabetes.

The
woman was being treated at the Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Department of the
National Cancer Hospital (Tan Trieu campus) in Hanoi, with the official
diagnosis as invasive pancreatic carcinoma and SARS-CoV-2 infection.

On
May 8, 2021, the patient was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical
Diseases for treatment, with the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 in
a patient with pancreatic metastases in the liver and lungs, hypertension.

She
died on July 5, with official cause of death logged as septic shock, pneumonia
caused by SARS-CoV-2, liver and lung metastases from pancreatic cancer,
hypertension, and diabetes.

The
latest four victims brought the death count in Vietnam’s ongoing severe fourth
wave of infections since late April this year to 59./.