Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 cases over the last 6 hours to 12:00 pm May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded 40 more locally-infected COVID-19 cases overthe last 6 hours to 12:00 pm May 26, lifting the national count to 5,971,according to the Ministry of Health.
The ministry said among the new patients, 27 were recorded in Bac Giangprovince, 6 in Hanoi, four in Bac Ninh province, and one each in Dien Bien andHai Duong provinces, and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseasesin Kim Chung commune in Hanoi's outlying district of Dong Anh.
The number of locally-transmitted and importedcases stood at 4,482, and 1,489, respectively.
The number of recoveries has reached 2,794, while the death toll stood at 44.
Among active patients, 70 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 41 twiceand 69 thrice.
OnMay 26 morning, a special unit of the Ministry of Health coordinated with BacGiang authorities to carry out quick tests for nearly 19,000 workers and peoplein the three areas hardest hit byCOVID-19 in Viet Yen district, namely NuiHieu, Trung Dong, Tam Tang.
According to Deputy Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Le Thi Quynh Mai, this quick test method gives results in 15 minutes with theaccuracy of up to 70-75 percent./.
Thirty-four new cases of COVID-19, including 33 local infections and one imported, were recorded in Vietnam in the 12 hours as of 6am on May 12, according to the Ministry of Health.
Twenty-two new cases of COVID-19, including 19 local infections and three imported, were recorded in Vietnam in the last six hours to 12:00 on May 12, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam recorded 30 new COVID-19 infections, including two imported cases and 28 in quarantine facilities, in the last six hours to 12:00pm on May 17, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
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