Two more COVID-19 infections reported on August 17 morning

A medical staff is taking samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam announced two new COVID-19 cases on August 17 morning, taking
the national tally to 964.

According to the National
Steering Committee for  Prevention and Control, one case is in
the northern province of Hai Duong and the other in the central province of
Quang Nam.

Patient 963 in Hai Duong is a 30-year-old man, who had his dinner at a
restaurant at Pham Ngu Lao ward in Hai Duong city on August 3. The restaurant
was later found to be a .

 Meanwhile, the 49-year-old female patient in
Quang Nam attended a wedding ceremony in Da Nang on July 11.

Among the patients confirmed in the country, 336 were and
quarantined upon arrival, while 488 of locally-transmitted cases were related
to the outbreak in Da Nang.

The Steering Committee’s Treatment Sub-committee reported that as many as 456 patients
or 47.3 percent of the total have fully recovered so far.

Among the remaining active patients, 45 have tested negative for the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at least once, and 28 others at least twice.

So far, 24 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19-related complications.

A total of 107,642 people who had close contact with patients or returned from
pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, including 4,015 at
hospitals, 24,948 at concentrated quarantine establishments and 78,679 at
home./.