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According to the ministry's report, the newly-confirmed patients include seven men and three women aged between 19-54 who returned from Japan and Germany to Hanoi and Danang cities and Khanh Hoa Province. They were all sent to local quarantine areas upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,843, including 1,273 imported patients.
As of 6 pm on April 25, a total of 2,516 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, over 40,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.