According to the Medical Examination and Treatment Department under the
Ministry of Health, 40 more patients were given the all-clear, bringing the
total recoveries to 2,198. The fatalities remained at 35.
Among the active patients undergoing treatment, 37 tested negative for the virus
once, 18 twice and 63 thrice.
As many as 36,923 people who had close contact with confirmed
COVID-19 patients
or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the
country, including 496 in hospitals, 17,396 in state-designated establishments
and 19,031 at their residences./. VNA
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A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 15 new COVID-19 infections on March 12
evening, including two cases in northern
Hai Duong province and 13 imported,
the Ministry of Health has said.
The
two cases in Hai Duong province are workers of the Vietnam Poyun Electronics Co. Ltd. in
Chi Linh city. Both of them had been previously put under
quarantine and are now treated at a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong.
Meanwhile,
the 13
imported cases have been quarantined upon their arrival in northern
Quang Ninh province and the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Thap.
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The two imported were quarantined in Ho Chi
Minh City and the Mekong Delta province of Long An right upon their arrival, while the other case was recorded in the northern province of Hai Duong.
These new patients brought the total count in
the country to 2,529, including 1,588
domestically-transmitted cases.
The
ministry reported that a total of 2,004 patients had been given the all-clear
from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so far, and the fatalities remained at 35.
Among the active patients undergoing
treatment, 48 tested negative for the virus once, 42 twice and 118 thrice.
As many as 44,540 people who had close contact
with confirmed COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions