Among the total, 667 are in the community, according to theNational Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The same day, the Hue Central Hospital in central ThuaThuen-Hue province announced that a COVID-19 patient has recovered, after five testsconducted between August 16 and 20 were negative for the virus.
By now, 545 COVID-19 cases in Vietnam have recovered. Amongthose still under treatment, 41 have tested negative once for SARS-CoV-2 thatcauses COVID-19, 62 twice and 27 three times. The country has seen 25 deathsrelated to COVID-19.
As many as 100,569 people having close contact withconfirmed cases or arriving from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantine atpresent./.