Doctors take care of a Covid-19 patient in Danang Hospital.
The new patients include six in Danang City, four in Hai Duong Province, one in Hanoi and one imported case who has been quarantined upon arrival at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
The central city of Danang confirmed six new patients aged between 33-59. They include a health worker, three relatives of patients and a guard at the Danang Hospital, and one resident at Thanh Khe District.
The northern province of Hai Duong recorded four new patients aged between 13-41, who are all linked to a restaurant in Ngo Quyen Street. So far nine patients have been confirmed here and some 1,000 local people have been sent to quarantine after being found to have had close contact with these cases.
The patient in Hanoi is a 25-year-old woman in Hai Ba Trung District. She contracted the virus from another Covid-19 patient and is now being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Dong Anh District.
The imported patient is a 42-year old man who returned from Equatorial Guinea on July 29 and was immediately taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases for health monitoring. He is now being treated at the hospital.
With these latest infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients coming from abroad has risen to 337 while those related to Danang City has increased to 499 since July 25, the ministry said.
As of Monday evening, a total of 467 patients have recovered and the country has reported 24 deaths.
At present, 107,642 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.
