Taking sample for COVID-19 testing in Nghe An (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded additional in the
past six hours to 12pm on June 21, including in Tay Ninh
province, according to the .
Among the 88 domestically-transmitted infections, 63 were
detected in Ho Chi Minh City, 16 in Bac Giang, three in Bac Ninh, four in Nghe
An and two in Ha Tinh.
Of the total new cases, 87 are found in quarantine sites or
locked-down areas. The history of epidemiology of the three patients in Nghe An
province is being investigated.
To date, Vietnam has documented 11,647 domestically-transmitted
infections and 1,701 imported ones.
Among the patients still under treatment, 381 have tested
negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 135 twice, and 137 thrice.
The Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering
Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on June 21 afternoon confirmed one
more death related to COVID-19, raising the national tally to 67.
The 75-year-old man tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 on
June 14, with underlying diseases of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia.
Due to advanced age and severe underlying disease, he did not respond to
treatment.
His cause of death is recorded as pneumonia caused by
, rapidly progressive respiratory failure, sepsis, multi-organ failure,
septic shock in the patient with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia./.
Source: VietnamPlus
