Sixteen cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 9 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Sixteen cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 9, including 13 locally-transmitted cases, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Among the community cases, six were in Hai Duong, two each in Hanoi, Hung Yen province and Ho Chi Minh City, and one in Gia Lai.
Three imported cases were quarantined immediately after arrival. Two of them are Vietnamese citizens, with one returning from Japan and the other from the US. The third is a Costa Rica citizen arriving from the US.
The national count now reaches 2,068, with 1,176 local cases.
Two more patients were given the all-clear, raising the total recoveries to 1,474, while the number of fatalities remained at 35.
Among patients still under treatment, 14 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 14 twice and four thrice.
More than 99,850 people are being quarantined across the country./.
