One new COVID-19 case reported early August 3

A man takes a quick test for SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)

  
Hanoi (VNA) — Vietnam on August 3 morning confirmed
one new locally transmitted case of , a 60-year-old woman from the
central province of with link to the hospital hot spot.

According to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19
Prevention and Control, she visited and took care of a sick relative at Da Nang
Hospital in the central city between July 18-22.

This case brought the number of cases connected to the
outbreak in Da Nang to 174. The outbreak began with the detection of a
57-year-old male patient on July 25 and ended the streak of 99 days of no
community infections in Vietnam. It has also resulted in six deaths, all of
them with serious underlying health conditions.

The national tally has so far amounted to 621, of which 307
were imported cases and were quarantined right upon entry.

The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that 373
cases have recovered so far. Among the remaining active patients, ten have
tested negative for the coronavirus once and six at least twice. There have
been sixth deaths./.