Vietnam records no new COVID-19 cases on September 6

08:09, 06/09/2020

Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases to report over the last 12 hours, keeping the national tally at 1,049, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on September 6 afternoon.

Vietnam has no new COVID-19 cases to report over the last 12 hours, keeping the national tally at 1,049, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control announced on September 6 afternoon.
Taking body temperature. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Taking body temperature. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)

Of the patients, 691 are locally-transmitted cases, with 551 related to the outbreak in the central city of Da Nang.

On the same day, 10 more COVID-19 patients, all from Da Nang, were given the all-clear, raising the total recoveries to 815. Among the active patients, 27 have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 24 twice, and 35 three times.

The death toll remains at 35. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

There are 40,620 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit areas under quarantine at present./.
 
(Source:VNA)