COVID-19 cases in Vietnam total 258 after one more confirmed hinh anh 1Health workers take samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in Ha Loi village of Me Linh commune, Hanoi's Me Linh district (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - A 47-year-old woman in Hanoi is the latest person testing positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam to 258, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on April 11 evening.

The new patient resides in Ha Loi village, Me Linh commune, Me Linh district. She is the mother of the 257th patient who is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases No.2 in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.

So far, 144 COVID-19 cases in Vietnam have made a full recovery.

At present, more than 72,500 people are quarantined at hospitals, their homes and other places across the country.

Meanwhile, Bach Mai Hospital in the capital, a hot spot for COVID-19 infection in recent weeks, will remove quarantine barriers at the stroke of midnight following a decision of Chairman of the Dong Da district People’s Committee Vo Nguyen Phong.

For the past two weeks, staff and patients have been locked down inside the medical facility after a number of people connected to the hospital tested positive.

But now regulations set by the MoH have been met, and the hospital will remove quarantine restrictions. It will continue to conduct preventive and control measures to stop any further spread of the virus./.
VNA