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Vietnam reports 33rd death related to COVID-19

A 69-year-old man has died of COVID-19-related complications, marking the 33rd fatality in Vietnam.
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Hanoi (VNA) - A 69-year-old man has died of COVID-19-related complications, marking the33rd fatality in Vietnam.

The patient,who lived in Hai Chau district in central Da Nang city, had a number ofunderlying health conditions including heart problems, type-2 diabetes andchronic kidney failure.

He died on August31 morning at the Da Nang Lung Hospital.

The cause ofdeath has been recorded as COVID-19, complications of septic shock,irreversible multi-organ failure, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrialfibrillation, type-2 diabetes and chronic renal failure.

Over theweekend, two other people died of coronavirus-related problems, including a28-year-old man with leukaemia, the youngest fatality so far.

On August 31morning, no new cases of COVID-19 were recorded nationwide. Since the firstcases were detected back in January, 1,040 people have tested positive forcoronavirus with 695 patients making full recovery./.
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