A health worker handles samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)The number of domesticinfections stands at 1,601, including 908 cases recorded since January 27, whenthe latest outbreak began.
As many as 2,198 patientshave recovered while the fatalities are still maintained at 35.
Thirty-seven of those stillunder treatment have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 18others twice, and 63 thrice, said the treatment sub-committee of the NationalSteering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
There are three patients insevere condition at present, including two at the branch in Hanoi’s Dong Anhdistrict of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases and one at the LungHospital of Da Nang city. They have tested negative for the virus for three –five times but are still undergoing further treatment as they have certainunderlying health conditions.
Up to 37,878 people havingclose contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit foreign regionsare being quarantined.
As of the end of March 18,the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 had reached 27,546, according to thenational expanded immunisation programme./.
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