Three new imported cases raise COVID-19 tally to 1,206

Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were recorded from 6am to 6pm on November 4, raising the national count to 1,206, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were recordedfrom 6am to 6pm on November 4, raising the national count to 1,206, accordingto the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

All the three new patients returned from France on Flight VN5010 which landedin Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 21. They tested positivefor SARS-CoV-2 while in quarantine.

They are being treated at the Medical Centre in Long Dien district, southern BaRia-Vung Tau province.

A total of 1,069 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have recovered. There are nopatients in critical conditions. The death toll remains at 35.

Among the active patients, 17 have tested negative for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 once, seven twice and five thrice.

Vietnam has gone through 63 straight days without locally-transmitted cases.

As many as 15,260 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or camefrom pandemic-hit areas are now under quarantine nationwide./.
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