Taking samples of people in quarantine for SARS-CoV-2 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam had 12 new
COVID-19 infections to report on August 17 evening, including one ,
announced the National Steering Committee on Prevention and Control.
Of the , six were
in the Da Nang central city, four in the northern province of Hai Duong, and one
in Hanoi.
The imported case was a returnee from
Equatorial Guinea, who has been quarantined upon arrival.
Among Vietnam’s total 976 patients, 639 are
community transmission cases. The number of infections with links to the
outbreak in Da Nang city has surged to 499 since July 25.
Also on August 17, eleven patients were
declared to have fully recovered, with nine of them in and two others in the
Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.
As many as 465 out of the total confirmed
patients have been given the all-clear of the virus, equivalent to 48 percent.
The country reported a death toll of 24.
More than 107,640 people who had close
contact with COVID-19 patients or returning from pandemic-hit areas are being
quarantined across the country, including 4,015 at hospital, 24,948 at concentrated
facilities and 78,679 at their accommodations./.
Source: VietnamPlus
