Vietnam records five new COVID-19 cases on February 26 evening

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported five new COVID-19 infections on February
26 evening, including four domestically-transmitted cases in the northern province
of Hai Duong – Vietnam’s current largest outbreak hotspot – and one imported
case in Dong Thap province.

The new infections brought the total number of patients
in the country to 2,426, including 831 domestically-transmitted cases since new
outbreaks hit Vietnam on January 27, according to the National Steering
Committee for Prevention and Control.

By the
afternoon of February 26, 10 provinces and cities, which had been previously
struck by the latest outbreaks, had seen no new locally-transmitted cases for 14
days, including Hoa Binh, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Binh Duong, Hung Yen, Bac Giang,
Gia Lai, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City.

The
Subcommittee for Treatment reported that 35 more patients were declared to
recover from the disease on February 26, raising the total number of recoveries
to 1,839.

Meanwhile, the
number of deaths related to COVID-19 was still kept at 35.

Among active
patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments, 45 tested negative for
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 60 twice and 72 thrice.

As many as
76,495 people who had close contact with confirmed patients or entered Vietnam
from pandemic-hit region are being quarantined nationwide, including 580 in hospitals,
12,038 in concentrated quarantine establishments and the remaining 63,877 at
their residences./.