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Vietnam reports 37th death related to COVID-19

Vietnam on May 17 confirmed its 37th death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, who had suffered from underlying health conditions. ​
Vietnam reports 37th death related to COVID-19 ảnh 1At the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam on May 17 confirmedits 37th death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, who had suffered fromunderlying health conditions.

According to the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Sub-committee, the 34-year-old malepatient was admitted to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on April24.

Doctors said he died of severe pneumonia due toCOVID-19, brain injury caused by an earlier traffic accident, and meningitis onMay 16 evening.

Vietnam recorded 37 new cases of COVID-19 domestictransmission, all in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, in the 12 hours asof 6am on May 17, raising the national count to 4,212, the Ministry of Health(MoH) said.

Twenty-two of the new cases were reported in BacGiang province, 11 in nearby Bac Ninh province, three in Vinh Phuc province,and one in Tuyen Quang province. There are no new hotbeds.

So far, Vietnam has seen 2,746 domestic infections and1,466 imported ones. The number of COVID-19 cases since April 27, when the newoutbreak began, now stands at 1,176.

Among those still under treatment, 46 have testednegative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 26 others twice, and 28 thrice.

There are 108,288 people having close contact withconfirmed cases or coming from foreign pandemic-hit regions under quarantine atpresent.

Meanwhile, 979,238 people had been inoculatedagainst COVID-19 as of 4pm on May 16, with 22,561 getting two shots, accordingto the MoH./.

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