A residential area under quarantine to prevent COVID-19 spread in Hai Duong. The quarantine has ended. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases between 6 pm on September 17 and 6 am on September 18, according the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The total number of COVID-19 infections remained at 1,066.
The total number of recovery stood at 940. The fatalities remain at 35.
Among patients under treatment, 14 have tested negative once, seven negative twice and 19 negative thrice.
As many as 31,319 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined nationwide, including 423 in hospitals, 15,860 in concentrated quarantine establishments and 15,036 at home./.
VNA