Checking body temperature for those who completed quarantine – Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Nine more
were recorded in on February 4 afternoon,
raising the total to 1,957, according to the National Steering
Committee for Prevention and Control.
Of them, one is in the northern province
of , two in northern Quang Ninh province, four in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, one in Hanoi, and one in southern Binh Duong province. All are linked to the latest outbreaks in Hai
Duong province.
The country has so far reported 1,068 locally-transmitted
cases. Thirty-five died from complications related to the disease.
According to the Treatment Sub-committee
under National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,465
COVID-19 patients have recovered. Among those still under treatment, 10 have
tested negative for the virus once, three twice, and two thrice.
There are 65,451 people who had close contact
with confirmed cases or came from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine
at present, including 413 at hospitals, 24,312 at other quarantine sites, and 40,726 at home./.
Source: VietnamPlus
