Two new COVID-19 cases, 43 recoveries recorded over last 12 hours

Health officials collect swab samples from citizens in Vietnam. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Two more new cases of COVID-19 were
confirmed over the last 12 hours, from 6:00pm on February 23 to 6:00am on
February 24, taking the to 2,403.

The new cases are in the northern province of , the country’s current largest hotspot. Both are close
contacts (F1) of COVID-19 patients linked to the outbreak in
Co., Ltd. in Chi Linh city who have been quarantined in centralised centres.

They are being treated at the COVID-19 Hospital No.1 in Chi
Linh.

There have been 1,504 community infections so far, of which
811 have been reported in the COVID-19 resurgence since January 27.

Additional 43 patients have been given the all-clear, raising
the total recoveries to 1,760. Death toll remains at 35.

Among patients still under treatment, 87 have tested
negative for SARS-CoV-2, 39 twice and 60 thrice.

A total of 88,583 people who had close contact with COVID-19
patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across the
country./.