One more imported case of COVID-19 recorded over last 12 hours

Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A 55-year-old Vietnamese manreturning from Angola was detected with COVID-19 in the past 12 hours to 6amApril 9, raising Vietnam’s total coronavirus cases to 2,669, the Ministry ofHealth reported.

The country’s local infections remained at 1,603,including 910 detected since January 27 when the latest coronavirus resurgencerecorded in Hai Duong.

The total recoveries are 2,429 while the death toll remainedat 35, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention andControl.

Among those still undergoing treatment, 22 have testednegative for the COVID-19 once, 11 others twice, and 17 thrice.

There are 36,971 people who had close contact withconfirmed cases or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions quarantined atpresent.

The Ministry of Health also announced that 1,208 more peoplewere vaccinated against COVID-19 on April 8, bringing the number of thosereceiving the vaccine to 56,359, most of whom are health workers and those inthe frontline of the anti-pandemic fight./.

VNA