Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the past12 hours as of 6 am of September 11, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventionand Control said.
The country has documented 1,059 SARS-CoV-2 infections so far. Of the total, 691were locally transmitted, including 551 linked with Da Nang city since thelatest coronavirus wave began there on July 25.
As many as 893 patients haverecovered while 35 died from complications related to the disease. Most of thefatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions.
Among 166 still under treatment, 19have tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 15 others twice and 22thrice. Currently, four patients are in critical conditions.
There are 35,799 people having closecontact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions underquarantine at present, including 603 in hospitals, 16,432 in other quarantinesites and 18,765 at home./.