57 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on Sunday evening, raising the daily counts to 190 and the total number of patients in the country to 4,175, the Ministry of Health has reported.
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This was the largest daily counts recorded so far in the country.
According to the ministry's report, 54 out of the 57 newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases who were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown, including 24 in Bac Ninh Province, 12 in Danang City, seven in Dien Bien Province, six in Ha Nam Province, three in Hanoi, and two in Hai Duong Province.
As of Sunday evening, 1,139 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.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 4,175, including 2,709 locally-transmitted cases.
Three imported patients are all Vietnamese people including two men and a woman aged between 25-38 who recently returned from Malaysia and Japan to Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province and Hanoi. They were sent to local quarantine areas upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
As of 6 pm on May 16, a total of 2,668 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health also confirmed the first Covid-19 related death since September last year. The deceased patient is an 89-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension.
So far there have been 36 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, over 104, 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 15, 7,335 more people were given Cvid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccinated people to 977,032 including 22,512 people having received two doses.
