The special isolation area at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases' Dong Anh branch. - Vietnam News/ANN
HANOI, May 23 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam recorded its 42nd Covid-19 related death on Saturday (May 22) evening.
The deceased patient was a 72-year-old woman who was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ Dong Anh branch in Hanoi on April 30, with a six-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia and hypertension.
On May 4, the patient tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
She was transferred to the hospital’s department of emergency and intensive care. According to the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the woman had a number of underlying medical conditions.