Hanoi (VNA) – Five newimported cases of COVID-19 were detected on September 27, raising the nationalcount to 1,074, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control.
The new patients arrived in Tan Son Nhatairport in HCM City on a flight from France on September 25 and werequarantined in the southern province of Binh Duong immediately after arrival.
Among all the cases, 691 are domesticallyinfected cases, including 551 recorded since the new outbreak began on July 25.
As of 6pm on September 27, a total 999COVID-19 patients had been treated successfully. The fatalities remained at 35.
Among patients under treatment, there is nolonger any critical case, while three have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once,four twice and 12 thrice.
A total 16,829 people are being quarantinednationwide./.