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According to the ministry's report, 22 out of the 65 locally-transmitted cases were detected in Hanoi including 14 people at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The hospital has stopped receiving new in-patients since May 5 to conduct Covid-19 tests for all staff members, patients, and patients' caregivers. At least 2,600 people have been found to have come into contact with the new Covid-19 patients from this hospital. And 55 people have been confirmed infected by May 8.
43 other patients who have also been infected in the community include 17 in Bac Ninh Province, eight in Danang City, seven in Vinh Phuc Province, three in Hung Yen Province, and one each in Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Thua Thien-Hue, Nam Dinh, and Quang Nam provinces.
As of May 8, 241 new locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27. The outbreak has so far spread to 22 cities and provinces nation-wide.
13 imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from Canada, Japan, the Philippines, and Cambodia. They were sent to quarantine areas for Covid-19 prevention 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 3,230, including 1,811 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on May 8, a total of 2,602 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 42, 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.