World News | Vietnam Confirms 29 New COVID-19 Cases
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Vietnam reported new 29 COVID-19 cases on Sunday afternoon, taking the national count to 841, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Hanoi [Vietnam], Aug 10 (VNA/ANI): Vietnam reported new 29 COVID-19 cases on Sunday afternoon, taking the national count to 841, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
All of the new patients are related to the central city of Da Nang, the current pandemic hotspot.Of the total cases, 317 cases are imported who were quarantined right after their arrival.
There are currently 178,695 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entering Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined nationwide, including 5,252 at hospitals, 27,798 at other concentrated quarantine facilities, and 145,645 at home.
As many as 395 or 48.6 of the total patients have made full recovery. Among those under treatment, nine have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease once, and 37 others at least twice. (VNA/ANI)
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