According to a report from the ministry, the 63-year-old male patient from the virus epicentre of Hai Duong Province had suffered from ankylosing spondylitis and kyphosis for more than ten years.
He had a fever lasting for two months before being admitted to the Hai Duong Provincial General Hospital on April 28. After recovering and being discharged from the hospital for several days, he had fever again and came back to the hospital where he hetested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on May 7.
He was given intensive care and treated for infection and pneumonia but his condition quickly worsened.
The patient died June 4 from septic shock and ARDS pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 on the background of ankylosing spondylitis and kyphosis.
This is the 51st Covid-19 related death reported in Vietnam.
