Hanoi (VNA) – Three new cases of COVID-19 were detectedover the past 24 hours to 18:00 on December 15, all Vietnamese citizensreturning from abroad and being quarantine, according to the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The new cases brought the national tally of COVID-19 patients to 1,405.
Two of the new patients arrived on a flight from Myanmar on December 12,while the third one returned from the US transiting Japan on December 6.
Also on December 15,six more COVID-19 patients were given theall clear, raising the total recoveries to 1,252. The fatalities remain at 35.
Among patients still under treatment, three have tested negative forSARS-CoV-2 once, six twice and six thrice.
A total of 18,957 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients orarrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined nationwide, with 208 athospitals, 15,688 at concentrated facilities and 3,061 at home or theiraccommodations./.
VNA