A health worker of Hanoi's Cau Giay district takes a throat swab from a boy recently returning from Da Nang for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported four new locallyinfected cases of the coronavirus on August 19 evening, raising the total to993, according to the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention andcontrol.
Of the new patients, two are female medicalworkers in the central city of Da Nang, with the 25-year-old one at the GiaDinh (Family) General Hospital and the other, 37, at the Da Nang Hospital.
Another case is a 34-year-old man in Cam Thanhcommune of Hoi An city, central Quang Nam province. His wife was earlierconfirmed as a COVID-19 patient and used to undergo treatment at the Da NangHospital.
The fourth case is a 40-year-old woman in TanBinh ward of Hai Duong city, the northern province of Hai Duong. She previouslyhad close contact with two other COVID-19 patients linked with the hotbed onNgo Quyen street of Hai Duong city.
Also on August 19, there were 13 patientsdischarged from hospital, raising the number of recoveries so far to 533.
Among those still under treatment, 33 havetested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 36 twice, and 29 othersthrice.
Of all COVID-19 cases, 653 are local infections,including 513 related to Da Nang since the latest outbreak began there on July25.
As many as 81,585 people having close contactwith confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions are under quarantineat present./.
VNA
