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Eight more cases of COVID-19 recorded at Hanoi-based hospital

Vietnam reported eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past 12 hours to 6am on May 6, all being patients of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.
Eight more cases of COVID-19 recorded at Hanoi-based hospital ảnh 1The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh has been put under lockdown. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported eight new cases of COVID-19 over the past12 hours to 6am on May 6, all being patients of the National Hospital forTropical Diseases in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Dong Anh.

As of May 6 morning, the country’s caseload stood at 3,030, including 1,634 domestically-transmittedcases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Sixty-four cases have been recorded since the latest outbreak hit the countryon April 27. The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi’s Dong Anhdistrict, the frontline facility in the COVID-19 fight, has recorded 22 casesin the new outbreak.

As many as 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear. Among the patientsunder treatment, 24 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 12 twice and38 thrice.

A total of 40,736 people are under medical monitoring nationwide, with 560 athospitals, 21,733 at State-designed quarantine establishments, and 18,443 at homeor residences.

The ministry said additional 90,417 people were given COVID-19 vaccine shots onMay 5, raising the total number of vaccinated people to 675,956./.
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