Vietnam reports another COVID-19 death, 20 new cases
Vietnam’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 23 after a 75-year-old man in the central city of Da Nang died, the Health Ministry’s special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control in Da Nang said on August 15.
Personnel of the Hanoi Military High Command's military school carry out medical work for quarantined citizens. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s COVID-19 death tollrose to 23 after a 75-year-old man in the central city of Da Nang died, the HealthMinistry’s special task force for COVID-19 prevention and control in Da Nangsaid on August 15.
The patient had also suffered from chronic kidney failure,hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and heart failure.
He died at the Hoa Vang medical centre and wasdiagnosed with pneumonia caused by COVID-19 complications, severe respiratoryfailure, septic shock, in a patient with chronic renal failure, hypertension,and type-2 diabetes.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control on August 15 afternoon reported 20 new cases ofCOVID-19, bringing the national tally to 950.
Among the new cases, four are in the central provinceof Quang Nam, 11 in Da Nang, one in the northern province of Hai Duong, andfour in Ho Chi Minh City.
Patient 950 in Hai Duong is a 15-year-old boy who hadclose contact with Patient 906.
The four patients in HCM City flew from the US to TanSon Nhat International Airport on August 4, and were quarantined upon arrival.
Of the total infections confirmed in Vietnam so far, 333were imported and quarantined upon entry, and 477 are linked to the outbreak inDa Nang as from July 25.
As many as 437 patients have made full recovery.
Some 115,860 who had close contact with COVID-19patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide./.
Vietnam on August 14 afternoon recorded 18 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national count to 929, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported one new imported case and another coronavirus-related death on August 15 morning.
Ten more COVID-19 patients, who were treated in the Hoa Vang field hospital and the Da Nang Lung Hospital, were declared on August 15 to have fully recovered from the disease.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Personnel of the Hanoi Military High Command's military school carry out medical work for quarantined citizens. (Photo: VNA) 
