COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) –
The on May 24 confirmed
one more related death – a 38-year-old worker at an industrial park in
the northern province of Bac Giang, raising the death toll in Vietnam to 44.
After being tested
positive to coronavirus , the female patient received treatment at
the Health Centre of Yen Dung district from May 17.
After five days of
treatment, her health condition worsened with signs of respiratory failure. She
was hospitalised to the Bac Giang General Hospital on May 22, where she was
diagnosed with pneumonia with symptoms of respiratory failure.
At the midnight of May
23, the patient showed a shortness of breath and lung damage, and received high
flow oxygen therapy. However, her condition was not improved. She died in early
morning of May 24 due to septic shock on pneumonia condition caused by
SARS-CoV-2, with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
This is the ninth death in the fourth wave
of COVID-19 hitting Vietnam since April 27./.
Source: VietnamPlus
