Another two COVID-19 patients with underlying illnesses die in Vietnam
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health announced two more COVID-19 related deaths in Vietnam on July 13 evening.
The 131st death is a female patient, 65, who returned to An Giang from overseas. The patient tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on May 5.
She was admitted to An Giang Regional General Hospital with the diagnosis of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 alongside hypertension and diabetes (type II).
The patient was transferred to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on May 13 for intensive care, but died on July 1.
The other patient, a 77-year-old woman of HCM City, suffered from hypertension, and diabetes (type II).
She was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus on June 27 and admitted to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, but died at on July 10 with a diagnosis of septic shock, severe pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection, hypertension, diabetes (type II), and femoral neck fracture.
Earlier, the MoH announced five COVID-19 deaths on July 13 afternoon.
Vietnam has recorded 97 COVID-19 deaths during the latest coronavirus outbreak, raising the total death toll caused by the disease to 132.
