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According to the ministry's report, all 27 new locally-transmitted cases were detected in areas under lockdown including 20 in Bac Ninh Province, two in Bac Giang Province, two in Hanoi, two in Thai Binh, and one in Thua Thien Hue. These fresh cases have brought the Tuesday counts to 71.
As of Tuesday evening, 528 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 three imported patients including two men and a woman aged between 26-43 who recently returned from the UAE and South Korea to Ho Chi Minh City. They were sent to local quarantine areas upon arrival and are now being treated at the Cu Chi Field Hospital for Covid-19 patients.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 3,537, including 2,098 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.
