Total tally rises to 1,097 after another imported case confirmed
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s overall number of COVID-19 infection has increased to 1,097 after one imported case from Dubai was diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health said on October 5.
The newly detected case is a 57-year-old female French expert who entered Noi Bai International Airport on September 19 on flight EK394 from Dubai. She was immediately put into isolation in Soc Son district of Hanoi immediately after entry.
Her test result at the Hanoi Center for Disease Control on October 5 was positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Currently, the patient is being isolated to undergo treatment at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anh district.
Among the total figure for infections, 691 are locally transmitted cases, 406 are imported into the nation which were immediately placed in quarantine upon arrival.
Furthermore, the total number of infections linked to Da Nang, the country’s most serious COVID-19 outbreak hotspot since July 25 remains at 551.
The same day, an additional two coronavirus patients were released from hospital after going on to make a full recovery, raising the country’s total number of recoveries to 1,022.
The confirmed fatality count caused by COVID-19 and serious underlying health illnesses stand at 35.
Among the remaining patients in treatment, 10 have tested negative for the virus at least one or multiple times.
More than 16,360 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoring across the nation.
Vietnam has gone through 33 straight days without recording any single case of local transmission so far.
