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According to the ministry's report, one of the new patients is a 42-year-old Korean expert who arrived at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 19. He was sent to a quarantine area in Thai Nguyen Province upon arrival and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on March 5. He is being treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Six other patients are Vietnamese people in Hai Duong Province.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,501, including 885 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 701 cases.
As of 6 am on March 6, a total of 1,920 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 50,000 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.
