Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health’s anti-COVID-19 task force in the central city of on the afternoon of September
3 reported the death of another COVID-19 patient, the 35th fatality in
Vietnam.
The 83-year-old woman from the south-central province of
Phu Yen died at the due to severe pneumonia and respiratory failure caused by COVID-19,
and sepsis.
The patient had end-stage
chronic kidney failure and a history of high blood pressure and gastrointestinal
bleeding.
According to the National Steering Committee
for Prevention and Control, Vietnam did not record any new cases of COVID-19
on the morning of September 3, keeping its case tally at 1,046.
To date, 691 community infections of the novel coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed in the country, including 551 linked with Da Nang
since the new outbreak began in the central city on July 25.
As many as 746 patients have recovered while 35,
mostly elderly with serious underlying health conditions, succumbed to the disease.
Among those still under treatment, 27 have tested
negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 53 twice, and 37 others three times. Some patients
remain in a critical condition, according to the treatment sub-committee.
There are 63,651 people that had close contact with
confirmed cases or came from pandemic-hit areas under quarantine at present, including
1,009 in hospitals, 15,949 in other quarantine facilities, and 46,693 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
