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According to the ministry's report, the newly-reported patients include eight men and six women aged between 21-69 who recently returned to Khanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Quang Nam provinces, and Danang and Ho Chi Minh cities from Japan, the UAE, and Russia.
They were all sent to local quarantine sites 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 2,772, including 910 locally-transmitted cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28.
As of 6 pm on April 16, a total of 2,475 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, over 40,000 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.
