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Hanoi (VNA) – A
36-year-old COVID-19 patient from the central province of died on
August 25 night, raising the in the country to 28.
The man, from Que Son district,
had several , including end-stage chronic kidney
failure, and had been receiving dialysis for the past 12 years.
He died at Hoa Vang medical
centre in the central city of Da Nang, the Health Ministry’s special task in
charge of prevention and control in Da Nang reported on August 26.
The cause of death has been
recorded as pneumonia caused by COVID-19, septic shock, multi-organ failure in
patient with end-stage chronic renal failure, hypertension, failure heart, and
peritoneal dialysis.
On August 26 morning, Patient
601, the first COVID-19 case in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak
linked to the outbreak in Da Nang was discharged from hospital. The patient
will then undergo 14-day quarantine at a facility in Buon Ma Thuot city.
There have been 1,029 people test
positive for COVID-19 since the first case was detected back in January, with
547 cases connected to Da Nang since July 25./.
Source: VietnamPlus
