Vietnam reports no COVID-19 cases in past 12 hours

A health worker gets a testing sample (Photo: VNA).

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new cases in the past
12 hours as of 6 am of September 11, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention
and Control said.

The country has documented 1,059 so far. Of the total, 691
were locally transmitted, including 551 linked with Da Nang city since the
latest coronavirus wave began there on July 25.

As many as 893 patients have
recovered while 35 died from complications related to the disease. Most of the
fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions.

Among 166 still under treatment, 19
have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 15 others twice and 22
thrice. Currently, four patients are in critical conditions.

There are 35,799 people having close
contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under
quarantine at present, including 603 in hospitals, 16,432 in other quarantine
sites and 18,765 at home./.