Two more COVID-19 infections reported on August 17 morning

Two more locally transmitted coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Vietnam during the past 12 hours, bringing the country’s tally of COVID-19 infections to 964. So far 24 fatalities have been reported.

Hai Duong province, a gateway to Hanoi capital, registered a case at a restaurant in its Hai Duong city, where a new outbreak occurred several days ago.  

The 30-year-old man had a dinner at the restaurant on August 3 and tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus two weeks later.

In Quang Nam province in central Vietnam, a 49-year-old woman attended a wedding on July 11 in Da Nang, the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, and tested positive on August 16. She is working for the Quang Nam Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing
Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing

As of 06.00hrs August 17, Vietnam has recorded a total of 964 coronavirus cases, including 24 deaths. Worthy of note is that all the fatalities have been registered since the virus recurred in Vietnam in late July.

After the first case of community infection was reported in Da Nang, a famous tourist destination in central Vietnam, on July 25, the virus has spread to 15 cities and provinces across the country, with a total of 488 people infected.

Da Nang was the hardest hit locality with 344 cases, followed by Quang Nam (91), Ho Chi Minh City (11), Hanoi, (9), Quang tri (7), Bac Giang (6), Quang Ngai, Hai Duong and Lang Son (5 each), Dak Lak (3), Dong Nai (2), Thai Binh, Ha Nam and Khanh Hoa (1 each).

Currently, more than 107,000 people who had contact with COVID-19 patients and returned from epidemic hit countries, have been placed in quarantine for medical surveillance. 

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