At a concentrated quarantine zone (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded nine new imported COVID-19 cases on the
first day of the New Year 2021, bringing the total number of infections to 1,474,
according to the National Steering Committee for Prevention and
Control.
All
of them are Vietnamese citizens who returned home from Russia, Germany and
Canada. They have been quarantined upon their arrival.
Of
the total , 693 are domestically-transmitted cases, including 553
cases since July 25.
According
to the subcommittee for treatment, as many as 1,325 patients have fully recovered
from the disease while the number of related deaths is still kept at 35.
Among
the patients undergoing treatment across the country, seven people have tested
negative for the virus once, 11 others twice and 10 thrice.
As many as 17,178 people who had close contact with
COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from are currently
d nationwide, including 150 in hospitals, 15,818 in state-designated
establishments and 1,210 at their residences./.
Source: VietnamPlus
