A passenger receives temperature check before getting on a plane
at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Among all the cases, 691 are domestically transmitted cases, including 551
related to Da Nang since the new outbreak began in the central city on July 25,
according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and
control.
As many as 942 patients have recovered, but there have also been 35 deaths
linked with the coronavirus disease, mostly elderly people with serious
underlying health conditions.
Fourteen of the 126 patients still under treatment have tested negative for the
virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 once, three others twice, and 22 thrice.
There are 24,626 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming
from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present, including 385 in
hospitals, 15,294 in other concentrated quarantine sites, and 8,947 at home or
accommodation facilities.
Source: VNA