No new COVID-19 cases reported over last 12 hours

Foreigners wait to have samples taken for testing in Son Tra district of city on August 24 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has no new COVID-19 case to report over the last 12 hours with the national count
remaining at 1,022, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control said on August 25
morning.

Of the total
cases, 680 are , including 540 linked to outbreaks
in the central city of Da Nang as from July 25.

As many as 588
patients have been given the all-clear while the death toll was 27.

Among the
active cases, 52 have tested negative once for the novel SARS-CoV-2 which causes the disease, 54 twice
and 40 three times.

A total of
71,821 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from
pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide./.