Taking sample for COVID-19 test from an infant (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19
cases between 6 pm on August 9 and 6 am on August 10, keeping the national
count at 841, according to the National Steering Committee for
Prevention and Control.
Of the total cases, there are 317 imported ones who were quarantined
right upon arrival.
Meanwhile, the number of patients related to the outbreak since
July 25 in the central city of , the current pandemic hotspot, has
amounted to 384.
There are currently 182,267 people who had close contact
with COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being
quarantined nationwide, including 5,139 at hospitals, 28,408 at other
concentrated quarantine facilities, and 148,720 at home or accommodation
facilities.
As many as 395 patients have made full recovery. Among those
under treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the
disease once, and 37 others at least twice.
The country has so far recorded 11 deaths due to the novel
coronavirus./.
Source: VietnamPlus
