People returned from pandemic-hit areas are taken to a quarantine facility (Photo: VNA) Hanoi, (VNA) – Vietnam has gone through 67 straight days without locally-infected
cases of COVID-19 as of 6am on November 8, with no new infections found from
6pm November 7, according to the National Steering Committee for
Prevention and Control.
Hanoi has gone free of
the disease for 82 days and Ho Chi Minh City 99 days.
A total of 1,070 patients
have recovered out of the total 1,213 infections recorded so far. The
fatalities remain at 35.
Among those who are
receiving treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 11 twice
and eight thrice. There are no serious cases at present.
Meanwhile, 14,064
people who had close contact with confirmed cases or returned from pandemic-hit
areas are under quarantine nationwide, with 209 at hospitals, 12,926 at
concentrated facilities and 929 at home or accommodations. /.
Source: VietnamPlus
