Medical staff is taking specimen for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)Ha Noi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 37 COVID-19
infections in the northern province of Hai Duong province in the past 12 hours
as of 6am on February 4, according to the National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
All of the new cases are workers at an in Chi Linh city, the
largest COVID-19 hotspot in the country. The infections were detected following
mass testing of people related to the cluster.
They tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 while in quarantine.
The country has registered 1,948 cases so far. Of the total, 1,059
were locally-transmitted cases.
According to the Treatment Sub-committee under National Steering Committee for
COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,461 COVID-19 patients have recovered. Among
the patients still under treatment, three have tested negative for the virus once,
seven twice, and two thrice. Thirty- five died from complications related to
the disease.
There are 48,829 people who had close contact with
confirmed cases or coming from the pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at
present, including 378 at hospitals, 22,610 at other quarantine sites, and
25,841 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
