Seven new COVID-19 patients reported on August 25

Samples collected for testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded seven more new cases of
COVID-19, all in the central city of Da Nang, in the past 12 hours, raising the
total number to 1029  as of 6pm on August
25, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Two patients, No 1023 and 1024, are residents in an area under lockdown
in Hoa Tien ward, Hoa Vang district.

The other five are of patient 1017.

All the seven are being quarantined and treated at Hoa Vang temporary
hospital.  

A total of 71,821 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or
came from pandemic-affected areas are under quarantine across the country.

Four were given the all-clear on August 25, taking the
number of recovered patients to 592. There have been 27 fatalities. /.