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First Covid-19 death recorded in HCM City

A 37-year-old woman with Covid-19 died in HCM City on June 2.

A 37-year-old woman with Covid-19 died in HCM City on June 2.

First Covid-19 death recorded in HCM City - 1
  

A patient at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City


The woman tested positive for Covid-19 after visiting her mother who is a restaurant owner in District 3. She already suffered from hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney failure. She had gone through dialysis for the past six years.

She was quarantined at Nguyen Tri Phuong Hospital and treated at the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in HCM City. Because of Covid-19, she had acute pneumonia and septic shock. Despite the best efforts of medical staff, her condition worsened and she died after a week.

HCM City authorities have recorded this as the first Covid-19 death in the city in the ongoing virus wave.
Source: dtinews.vn
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