No new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries recorded on Sept. 30

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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new
COVID-19 cases on September 30 evening, keeping the total number of
at 1,094, said the National Steering Committee for Prevention and
Control.

The
country has gone through 28 days with no new locally-transmitted infections.

Of the total cases, 691 were locally transmitted, including 551 linked to
s in the central city of Da Nang since July 25.

The number of recoveries has
reached 1,010, including three patients given the all-clear from the novel
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on September 30, while no patients are under critical
conditions.

Among those under treatment, three have tested negative for the virus once, three
twice and 11 thrice.

The death toll remained
at 35 with most of the fatalities being elderly people with serious underlying
health conditions.

A total of 15,954 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming
from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine at present, including 272 in
hospitals, 10,792 in state-designed quarantine establishments and 4,890 at home./.