Sixteen COVID-19 cases reported on February 9
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./.