NDO/VNA – Vietnam reported two new COVID-19 infections on August 21 evening, both in central Da Nang city, bring the national count to 1,009. |
Among the total, 667 are in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The same day, the Hue Central Hospital in central Thua Thien-Hue province announced that a COVID-19 patient has recovered, after five tests conducted between August 16 and 20 were negative for the virus. By now, 545 COVID-19 cases in Vietnam have recovered. Among those still under treatment, 41 have tested negative once for SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, 62 twice and 27 three times. The country has seen 25 deaths related to COVID-19. As many as 100,569 people having close contact with confirmed cases or arriving from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantine at present. Source: Nhan Dan Online |