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According to the ministry's report, 19 out of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases which were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown, including nine in Bac Giang Province, five in Bac Ninh Province, two in Hanoi, and one each in Ha Nam, Thai Binh, and Hung Yen provinces.
As of Wednesday noon, 580 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 26 cities and provinces nation-wide.
The imported patients are three Vietnamese men aged between 23-31 who returned from Malaysia to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province on the on the PVT NEPTUNE ship on May 11. They were sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and are now being treated at the Long Dien Healthcare Centre.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 3,593, including 2,150 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on May 11, a total of 2,618 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, nearly 68, 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.
Also on May 11, 20,732 more people were given Cvid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccinated people to 887,705.
