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According to the ministry's report, 13 of the new patients are infected in the community including two in Hanoi, two in Ho Chi Minh City, six in Hai Duong, two in Hung Yen, and one in Gia Lai provinces.
Hung Yen has become the 13th locality to report locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases in the country.
Three imported patients are Vietnamese people who recently returned from Japan and the US. They have been quarantined upon arrival in Long An Province and Ho Chi Minh City and are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,069, including 1,176 locally-transmitted cases with 483 cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.
As of 6 pm on February 9, a total of 1,474 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, as many as 99,854 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.
