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Hanoi (VNA) – Ten imported cases of
COVID-19 were reported on December 8, raising the national count to 1,377,
according to the National Steering Committee for Prevention and Control.
All of the new patients were quarantined upon their
arrival, with eight in the central province of Khanh Hoa, one in HCM City and
one in the central province of Quang Nam.
As of December 8 afternoon, reported 693
locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases.
A total of 1,224 COVID-19 patients have fully recovered.
The fatalities still stand at 35.
Among those under treatment, eight have tested
negative for the novel coronavirus () once, four twice and five thrice.
There are 20,262 people who had close contact with
COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas being quarantined across
the country./.
Source: VietnamPlus
