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No new COVID-19 patients overnight

Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases during the past night, keeping the national tally at 1,040 on August 31 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases during the past night, keepingthe national tally at 1,040 on August 31 morning, according to the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Among the confirmed patients, 550 are related to the outbreak in the centralcity of Da Nang which started on July 25.

The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that as many as 695 patients havebeen given the all-clear and there have been 32 COVID-19-related deaths so far.

Among the active patients, 40 have testednegative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 48 twice and 27 threetimes.

The sub-committee said there are sixpatients who are in very seriousconditions, five of them may die any time.

Currently, 57,097 people who had close contactwith COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are underquarantine nationwide, including 1,111 people quarantined at hospitals, 16,006people at concentrated quarantine establishments and 39,980 at home./.


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