Six more COVID-19 patients recover, total hits 222

Six more COVID-19 patients have recovered at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on April 22, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 222.
Six more COVID-19 patients recover, total hits 222 ảnh 1A patient discharged from Nho Quan district's General Hospital in Ninh Binh province (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Six more COVID-19 patients have recovered at the NationalHospital of Tropical Diseases on April 22, bringing the country’s total casesbeing given the all-clear to 222.

Allof the recovered patients are Vietnamese nationals, including Patient 184,Patient 215, Patient 216, Patient 227, Patient 246 and Patient 266.

Patient184, 42, female, was admitted to the hospital on March 28. She had two testsand both came back negative for SARS-CoV-2. The patient currently has no cough,no breathing difficulties and is in a stable condition.

Patient215, 31 years old, male, was admitted to the hospital on April 1. He had twotests and all test results were negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient216, 48, female, was admitted to the hospital on March 31. All of her two testswere negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient227, 31, male, was admitted to the hospital on April 1. He was tested twice andall tests came back negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient246, 33, male, was admitted to the hospital on April 6. He had two tests andboth tests were negative for SARS-CoV-2.

Patient266, 36, female, was admitted to the hospital on April 14. She also had twotests and both came back negative for SARS-CoV-2. Currently, the patient has nocough, no chest pain, no shortness of breath, no fever and is in a stablecondition.

Thesix patients will continue to be quarantined and monitored for the next 14 days,according to the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases.

Asof April 22, Vietnam recorded a total of 268 COVID-19 cases, of which 160people returned from abroad (59.7 percent) and 108 people were infected inthe community (40.3 percent).

To date, there remained 46 patients beingquarantined and treated at health facilities across the country./.

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