A health worker takes a swab for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam
remains at 1,049 as the country continued to have no new COVID-19 cases to
report within 12 hours as of 6am of September 8, according to the national
steering committee for prevention and control.
Of the total, 691 were infected with the
SARS-CoV-2 domestically, including 551 linked with central Da Nang
city since the latest outbreak began there on July 25.
As many as 854 patients have recovered while 35
have succumbed to the disease. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with
serious .
Among those still under treatment, 14 have
tested negative for once, 19 others twice and 33 thrice.
There are 37,474 people having close contact
with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at
present, including 834 in hospitals, 13,365 in other quarantine sites and
23,274 at home or accommodation facilities./.
Source: VietnamPlus
