HANOI, June 5 (XVietnam News/ANN): Vietnam reported 254 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including 246 locally transmitted and eight imported, bringing the total tally to 8,541, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
Among the community cases, 149 were detected in the northern epidemic hotspot Bac Giang province, 55 in the nearby northern Bac Ninh province, and 31 in the southern Ho Chi Minh City.
Most of them are contacts of previously confirmed cases or linked to the clusters of infections in the localities.
The Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed Vietnam's 52nd coronavirus death.
The latest death was a 35-year-old woman from northern Lạng Son Province, who had end-stage colon cancer. Previously she had undergone chemotherapy treatment five times at Hanois K Hospital.
She tested positive for Covid-19 on May 17, then was taken to Duc Giang Hospital.
On May 22 she was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and diagnosed with pneumonia caused by Covid-19. She suffered progressive respiratory failure, along with fungal infections.
She was put on a ventilator and given some other intensive treatment but did not respond well. She passed away on Saturday night (June 5).
The ministry also announced on Saturday (June 5) that three more Covid-19 patients with severe underlying conditions had died, which raised the country's total deaths related to the coronavirus to 53.
Nationwide, as many as 3,310 Covid-19 patients have so far recovered, up 68 from Friday, and nearly 176,900 people are being quarantined and monitored, the ministry said.
As of Saturday, Vietnam has recorded a total of 6,990 domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases, including 5,420 detected since the start of the latest outbreak in late April, according to the health ministry. - Vietnam News/ANN
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