No new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries recorded on Sept. 30

Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases on September 30 evening, keeping the total number of infections at 1,094, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
No new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries recorded on Sept. 30 ảnh 1Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)


Hanoi (VNA)
– Vietnam recorded no newCOVID-19 cases on September 30 evening, keeping the total number of infectionsat 1,094, said the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.

Thecountry has gone through 28 days with no new locally-transmitted infections.

Of the total cases, 691 were locally transmitted, including 551 linked tooutbreaks in the central city of Da Nang since July 25.

The number of recoveries hasreached 1,010, including three patients given the all-clear from the novelcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on September 30, while no patients are under criticalconditions.

Among those under treatment, three have tested negative for the virus once, threetwice and 11 thrice.

The death toll remainedat 35 with most of the fatalities being elderly people with serious underlyinghealth conditions.

A total of 15,954 people having close contact with confirmed cases or comingfrom pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine at present, including 272 inhospitals, 10,792 in state-designed quarantine establishments and 4,890 at home./.

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