Seventh COVID-19 fatality recorded in Vietnam
VOV.VN - A 62-year-old COVID-19 female patient in central Da Nang city died of serious underlying health conditions and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), taking Vietnam’s death toll to seven, the Ministry of Health reported on the morning of August 4.
The patient received treatment at the Da Nang Hospital from July 18- 27 and on August 1, she was put on a ventilation with her health in critical condition.
According to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son said the patient, numbered 426 suffered hypotension, multi-organ failure, infection, and intoxication.
The patient died on the early morning of August with causes end-stage chronic renal failure, septic shock, multiple organ failure.
Up to August 4 morning, the country has recorded 652 coronavirus infections, with 251 positive cases and seven fatalities.
Since the recurrence of the virus among the community on July 25, Da Nang has recorded the highest number of infections with 142, becoming the pandemic’s latest epicenter in Vietnam, followed by neighbouring Quang Nam with 44.