Medical staff is taking specimen for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA)Ha Noi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 37 locally-transmitted COVID-19infections in the northern province of Hai Duong province in the past 12 hoursas of 6am on February 4, according to the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control.
All of the new cases are workers at an industrial park in Chi Linh city, thelargest COVID-19 hotspot in the country. The infections were detected followingmass testing of people related to the cluster.
They tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 while in quarantine.
The country has registered 1,948 COVID-19 cases so far. Of the total, 1,059were locally-transmitted cases.
According to the Treatment Sub-committee under National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,461 COVID-19 patients have recovered. Amongthe patients still under treatment, three have tested negative for the virus once,seven twice, and two thrice. Thirty- five died from complications related tothe disease.
There are 48,829 people who had close contact withconfirmed cases or coming from the pandemic-hit regions under quarantine atpresent, including 378 at hospitals, 22,610 at other quarantine sites, and25,841 at home./.
VNA
