Vietnam has 87 new COVID-19 cases to report on May 29 morning

Vietnam logged 87 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 29, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam has 87 new COVID-19 cases to report on May 29 morning ảnh 1A medical worker at a hospital in Tan Phu district, HCM City receives necessities for patients when the hospital is locked down (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam logged 87 new locally-transmitted COVID-19cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on May 29, according to the Ministry ofHealth.

Of the total, 57 were reported in Bac Giang, 27 inBac Ninh, one in Bac Lieu, one in Gia Lai, and one in Hanoi’s Hospital K.

As of May 29 morning, Vietnam documented a totalof 6,657 COVID-19 cases, including 5,164 domestically-transmitted and 1,493imported ones.

Report from the ministry’s Medical ExaminationAdministration showed that the country has seen 2,896 recoveries and 47 deathsrelated to the disease.

Among active patients undergoing treatment, 112have tested negative to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 41 twice, and 70 thrice.

There are 161,445 people who hadclose contact with confirmed patients or returned from pandemic-hit regionsunder quarantine nationwide./.
VNA

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