Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past12 hours to 6am on May 6, all being patients of the National Hospital forTropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.
As of May 6 morning, the country’s caseload stood at 3,030, including 1,634 domestically-transmittedcases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Sixty-four cases have been recorded since the latest outbreak hit the countryon April 27. The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anhdistrict, the frontline facility in the COVID-19 fight, has recorded 22 casesin the new outbreak.
As many as 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear. Among the patientsunder treatment, 24 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 12 twice and38 thrice.
A total of 40,736 people are under medical monitoring nationwide, with 560 athospitals, 21,733 at State-designed quarantine establishments, and 18,443 at homeor residences.
The ministry said additional 90,417 people were given COVID-19 vaccine shots onMay 5, raising the total number of vaccinated people to 675,956./.
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