Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has no newCOVID-19 infections to report on the whole of August 30, and this is the firstof such day since July 25, keeping the national count of the pandemic at 1,040,according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl.
Of the total, 690 are locally transmitted, with 550 linked to the outbreak inthe central city of Da Nang since the date.
The committee’s treatment sub-committee reported that 695 out of the 1,040patients have been given the all-clear. The death toll has reached 32.
Among the active patients, 40 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 48twice and 27 three times.
As many as 54,392 people having close contacts with COVID-19 patients andentering the country from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined, including1,212 at hospitals, 14,103 at other facilities, and 39,077 at home./.