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One more COVID-19 patient dies due to serious complications

A COVID-19 patient died on August 2, raising the number of fatalities in Vietnam to six, all of whom had serious underlying illnesses.
One more COVID-19 patient dies due to serious complications ảnh 1A health worker in HCM City (Photo: laodong.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – A COVID-19 patient died on August 2, raising the number offatalities in Vietnam to six, all of whom had serious underlying illnesses.

DeputyHealth Minister Nguyen Truong Son said patient No 429, a 53-year-old woman inDa Nang, had suffered from heart failure and chronic kidney failure for overfive years as well as type 2 diabetes.

Doctors said her death was due to acute heartfailure, myocardialinfarction, chronic kidney failure, type 2 diabetes and COVID-19.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam reached620 as of 6pm August 2./.
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