COVID-19 claims another patient, 51 fatalities in total
VOV.VN - The Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirmed the 51st death relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hanoi on June 4.
The latest patient is a 63-year-old man who died of septic shock, pneumonia due to Covid-19 with complications arising out of anky losing spondylitis (spinal disorder).
He had suffered from anky losing spondylitis- aspinal disorder without treatment, for more than 10 years as well as a fever that prolonged two months before being hospitalized on April 28.
The patient was tested and diagnosed with Covid-19 on May 7. He was treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases for infection and pneumonia, but failing to respond well to treatment.
After over a month of intensive care and treatment, he died on the early morning of June 4 after his condition had gradually deteriorated.
This is the 15th COVID-19 death during the fourth COVID-19 wave and the 51st fatality since the first outbreak last year.
