Six new COVID-19 cases reported in Việt Nam

HÀ NỘI — Six more people have tested positive for COVID- 一 九 on Tuesday evening, including four locally transmitted and two imported cases.

The National Steering Co妹妹ittee for COVID- 一 九 Prevention and Control said the total number of people who have contracted the disease since the first case back in January now stands at  九 八 九.

The new locally transmitted cases include four in Đà Nẵng, aged between  三0 and  六 五.

One of the new cases in Đà Nẵng had been taking care of a family member being treated at Đà Nẵng Hospital, two cases are from Hải Châu District and another from Hòa Vang District.

One imported male patient,  四 五, returned to Việt Nam from Taiwan on August  七. He is being treated at the Khánh Hòa Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Khánh Hòa Province.

Another imported case is a male patient,  三 五, and was one among workers who returned to Việt Nam from Equatorial Guinea aboard flight VN 六 on July  二 九. He is being treated at the Central Tropical Hospital in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.

There are currently  八 七, 六 七 二 people who had close contact with COVID- 一 九 patients or entering Việt Nam from pandemic-hit regions in quarantine, including  三, 三 九 五 at hospitals,  二 四, 五 一 一 at other facilities, and  五 九, 七 六 六 at home.

To date,  二 五 people have died of complications related to coronavirus. All of them had underlying medical conditions.

The total number of successfully treated patients in Việt Nam has reached  五 二0. — VNS