According to the ministry's report, 82 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 43 in Bac Giang, 34 in Bac Ninh, three in Binh Duong, and one each in Hanoi and Tra Vinh.
The 43 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some industrial parks of Van Trung, Dinh Tram, Song Khe-Noi Hoang, and Quang Chau which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks. Local authorities have temporarily closed the four industrial parks for Covid-19 prevention and control.
Three imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from Japan and Cambodia. They were sent to quarantine areas in Quang Nam and Tay Ninh provinces upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 7,321 including 5,815 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on May 31, a total of 3,030 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
So far there have been 47 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases
