Both new cases are Vietnamese citizens, including a26-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman, who returned home from Germany andCanada. They have been quarantined upon their arrival.
The man is now treated at the National Hospital forTropical Diseases No. 2 in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district, while the woman istreated at the Cu Chi COVID-19 treatment hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
Of the total infections, 693 are domestically-transmittedcases, including 553 cases since July 25.
The subcommittee for treatment reported that fourmore patients have been given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,raising the total number of recoveries to 1,323. The number of deaths relatedto the disease is still kept at 35.
Among the patients undergoing treatment across thecountry, 10 people tested negative for the virus once, 10 others twice and 10thrice.
As many as 16,700 people who had close contact withCOVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are currentlyquarantined nationwide, including 159 in hospitals, 15,687 in state-designatedestablishments and 854 at their residences./.
