Vietnam confirms three more COVID-19 deaths, tally at 97
VOV.VN - The Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 6 evening confirmed three more fatalities relating to COVID-19 and underlying health conditions, pushing the country’s death toll since the pandemic started early last year to 97.
One fatality was recorded in the current hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, while two deaths were reported in the southern province of Dong Thap.
The 95th death is a 68-year-old woman from HCM City, who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on June 30 and was transferred to Binh Chanh District Hospital a day later for acute respiratory failure, severe pneumonia, severe hypokalemia, SARS-CoV-2 infection.
She died on the evening of July 3 with a diagnosis of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection’s complications, progressive respiratory failure, suspected acute myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism.
The next fatality is a 64-year-old woman from the southern province of Dong Thap, who died on July 4 at Sa Dec General Hospital with her cause of death attributed to pneumonia caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, progressive respiratory failure, heart failure, type-2 diabetes and Cushing's syndrome.
The final death is a 64-year-old man also from Dong Thap. He passed away on the early morning of July 4 and his cause of death was recorded as pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, and progressive respiratory failure in a patient with ischemic heart disease as well as hypertension.
The latest deaths brought the nation’s COVID-19 death count to 62 in the latest wave, and 97 since the beginning of the pandemic, with many of them suffering several comorbidities, and pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection’s complications.
