COVID-19 testing conducted for people in Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 58 new cases of COVID-19 over the past
six hours to 6 p.m on May 21, including one who had been
quarantined upon their arrival, the said.
Among the 57 domestically-transmitted cases, 39 were found in Bac Giang
province, 13 in the neighbouring province of Bac Ninh, two in Da Nang, one in in
Lang Son, and two in Tan Trieu facility of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital.
The latest cases have brought the national count of domestic infections to 3,462,
with 1,892 detected since the new wave of the pandemic started in the country
on April 27.
The recoveries now stand at 2,689, while the
number of fatalities is 41.
Among the patients under treatment, 63 have tested negative for the coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 once, 34 twice, and 23 thrice.
As many as 129,502 people who had come into close
contact with patients or entered Vietnam from are
now under medical monitoring nationwide.
The latest death was an 89-year-old woman who had suffered heart failure, high
blood pressure and chronic gastritis.
She showed symptoms of coughing and tiredness from May 8-10. She tested
positive for coronavirus and was admitted to the
Hoa Vang medical centre on May 11. Then she was transferred to the Da Nang Lung
Hospital on May 17.
Her health condition deteriorated, leading to her death on May 20 night,
despite doctors’ resuscitation efforts./.
Source: VietnamPlus
