Health workers take samples for testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A 67-year-old woman who tested
positive for COVID-19 linked with the outbreak in the central city of Da Nang
has been confirmed dead, marking the ninth COVID-19-related fatality in Vietnam
so far.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son on August
6 said the patient is a resident in Quang Nam
province that borders Da Nang
city.
The patient had been suffering from chronic kidney
disease, lupus, diabetes and fungal blood infection. She was brought to the Da Nang Hospital for emergency aid on July 18,
according to Son.
Later she was transferred to the Family Hospital in Da Nang and stayed there
until July 31.
On August 2, she tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
and was sent back to the Da Nang Hospital.
The next day, she lost consciousness, suffered ulceration at her
arm and leg along with slight difficulty breathing.
On August 4, she was put on a ventilator.
On August 6, she fell into deep coma and gradually lost heartbeat.
She eventually died at 1:30.
The woman was diagnosed to die of pneumonia, respiratory failure in
patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency, Type 2 diabetes and COVID-19,
according to the health official.
The previous eight fatalities are aged between 53 and 86. All
of them are either residents in Quang Nam or Da Nang and had suffered chronic
diseases such as cancer, chronic renal failure and diabetes before getting
infected./.
Source: VietnamPlus
