Doctors at Hoa Vang Hospital in Da Nang city for COVID-19 treatment bid goodbye to the last COVID-19 patient of the hospital (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam had no new COVID-19 cases in the community to report on October 9 morning for the straight 37th day, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The national count remained at 1,100, including 409 imported cases quarantined upon their arrival and 691 locally transmitted ones.
As many as 1,023 patients have recovered while most of the 35 related deaths were elderly people with serious underlying health conditions.
Among those still under treatment, five have tested negative once for the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, eight others twice, and five thrice. No patients are in critical conditions at present, the treatment sub-committee noted.
There are 14,250 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine now./.
