A nurse examines a critically-ill COVID-19 patient at an ICU in HCM City. (Photo: VNA) HCM City remains the country’s largest coronavirus hotspotwith 2,563 new cases, followed by neighbouring Binh Duong (322) and Long An (286).
There are also 253 cases in Tien Giang, 207 in Dong Nai, 77in Da Nang, 63 in Vinh Long, 53 in Dong Thap, 47 in An Giang, 34 in Tra Vinh,27 in Phu Yen, 19 in Binh Dinh, 17 in Kien Giang, 14 in Gia Lai, five in HaTinh, four each in Dak Nong, Thanh Hoa and Lam Dong, two each in Bac Lieu, LaoCai, Quang Tri, and Lang Son, and one each in Hai Duong and Hanoi.
The number of infections since Vietnam was hit by the fourthCOVID-19 wave reached 185,162, including 55,266 given the all-clear. The totalrecoveries stood at 58,040.
Among the patients, 486 are under care at ICUs and 20 arereceiving ECMO support.
On August 5, more than 442,422 doses of COVID-19 vaccines wereadministered across the country, taking the total shots given so far to morethan 8.06 million, with 820,023 people fully vaccinated with two jabs.
The same day, more than 300 healthcare workers from Hanoi’sViet Duc University Hospital were sent to HCM City with tonnes of medicalequipment to help the city fight COVID-19. They include many physicians andnurses with years of experience working at ICUs.
The Ministry of Health has decided to establish four moreIntensive Care Centres in HCM City, in addition to a 1,000-bed COVID-19intensive care hospital already in operation./.
VNA
