Personnel of the Hanoi Military High Command's military school carry out medical work for quarantined citizens. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s COVID-19 death tollrose to 23 after a 75-year-old man in the central city of Da Nang died, the HealthMinistry’s special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control in Da Nangsaid on August 15.
The patient had also suffered from chronic kidney failure,hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and heart failure.
He died at the Hoa Vang medical centre and wasdiagnosed with pneumonia caused by COVID-19 complications, severe respiratoryfailure, septic shock, in a patient with chronic renal failure, hypertension,and type-2 diabetes.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control on August 15 afternoon reported 20 new cases ofCOVID-19, bringing the national tally to 950.
Among the new cases, four are in the central provinceof Quang Nam, 11 in Da Nang, one in the northern province of Hai Duong, andfour in Ho Chi Minh City.
Patient 950 in Hai Duong is a 15-year-old boy who hadclose contact with Patient 906.
The four patients in HCM City flew from the US to TanSon Nhat International Airport on August 4, and were quarantined upon arrival.
Of the total infections confirmed in Vietnam so far, 333were imported and quarantined upon entry, and 477 are linked to the outbreak inDa Nang as from July 25.
As many as 437 patients have made full recovery.
Some 115,860 who had close contact with COVID-19patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide./.
VNA
