A sample for testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A new of COVID-19 was detected during the past
12 hours, taking the national tally to 1,141 as of 6pm on October 20, according
to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The new
patient is an Indian citizen, who is the wife of Patient 1125. She arrived from
India on flight 6E9471 which landed in on October 6. She
was found positive to SARS-CoV-2 in her second test while in quarantine.
Vietnam has
gone through 48 straight days without any locally-infected cases of COVID-19.
The number of
recovered patients has reached 1,046. The death toll remains at 35.
Among
patients still under treatment, 10 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once,
three negative twice and three negative thrice.
A total o
13,537 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from
pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, with 148 at hospitals,
12,277 at and 1,112 at home or in
accommodations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
