Residents wearing face masks wait to take a Covid-19 coronavirus swab test at the Thanh Xuan district medical centre in Hanoi on Saturday, May 15, 2021. - AFP
HANOI, May 15 (dpa): Vietnam on Saturday recorded its first Covid-19 death this year, and 165 new community transmissions of the coronavirus, marking the highest number of cases in one day since the start of the pandemic, authorities said.
The 89-year-old woman was diagnosed with severe pneumonia due to the coronavirus, but died with "underlying conditions," bringing the death toll as a result of the virus to 36, the Health Ministry said.
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