Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Both weremen from Ho Chi Minh City with severe underlying conditions.
The77th patient, 77 years old, lived in Binh Tan district. He tested positive forcoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on June 26 and was transferred to Trung Vuong Hospitalfor treatment while he was in a coma and had difficulty breathing.
Beforecontracting COVID-19, he was suffering from sequelae of cerebrovascular diseasefor four years, weakness in the right half of his body, unable to speak, andhad high blood pressure.
Hedied on June 20. The cause of death was recorded as severe pneumonia caused byCOVID-19, complications of multi-organ failure and septic shock.
The78th patient, 54 years old, lived in district 1. He tested positive for thevirus on June 19 and was transferred to the Trung Vuong Hospital for treatmenton June 24. He died on June 26.
Priorto the virus, he was suffering from hypertension, type 2 diabetes and chronickidney disease.
Thecause of death was recorded as severe pneumonia caused by COVID-19, respiratoryfailure, multi-organ failure and septic shock.
Alsoon June 29 morning, Vietnam recorded an additional 102 new COVID-19 cases,including 94 domestic and eight imported.
Amongthe domestic cases, 54 were detected in HCM City, 14 in Hung Yen, 11 in BacGiang, eight in Ha Tinh, three in Bac Ninh, two in Hai Phong and one each inDong Thap and Lang Son.
Thenew infections brought the national count to 16,238, including 14,452 domesticand 1,786 imported cases. As many as 6,519 patients already recovered from thedisease.
Thenumber of locally-transmitted cases since the fourth wave of outbreaks hit thecountry on April 27 rose to 12,882, including 3,745 recoveries.
Amongactive patients, 319 have tested negative to the virus once, 143 twice and 158thrice./.
VNA
