Vietnam records 117 COVID-19 cases in six hours

Vietnam recorded 117 new COVID-19 infections, including one imported case and 116 in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, in the last six hours to 6pm on May 17, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded 117 new COVID-19 infections, including oneimported case and 116 in quarantine sites or sealed-off areas, in the last sixhours to 6pm on May 17, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The imported case is a 23-year-old Vietnamese woman returning from Japan. Sheis being quarantined upon her arrival in Khanh Hoa province.

Among the domestically-transmitted cases, 61 were reported in Bac Giang, 38 in BacNinh, seven in Da Nang, five in Hanoi, two in Phu Tho, two in Hung Yen, and onein Vinh Phuc.

So far, Vietnam has seen 2,890 domestic infections and 1,469 imported cases.The number of COVID-19 cases since April 27, when the new outbreak began, nowstands at 1,320.

Among patients still under treatment, 46 have tested negative for thecoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 26 others twice, and 28 thrice. Up to 2,668 patientshave recovered while 37 others have succumbed to the disease.

There are 108,288 people having close contact with confirmedcases or coming from foreign pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present./. 
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