Additional 609 COVID-19 cases bring tally to 25,419
An additional 609 COVID-19 cases recorded from 6am to 12pm on July 9, including six imported ones, brought the national tally to 25,419, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Anadditional 609 COVID-19 cases recorded from 6am to 12pm on July 9, includingsix imported ones, brought the national tally to 25,419, according to theMinistry of Health.
The latest casesincluded 479 infections in Ho Chi Minh City, the current largest hotspot of thecountry, and 66 and 17 in its neighbouring provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai,respectively.
There were nine casesin Bac Giang, eight in Tra Vinh, seven each in Bac Ninh and Quang Ngai, four inBa Ria-Vung Tau, two in Hanoi and one each in Vinh Phuc, Bac Lieu, Lam Dong andThanh Hoa.
As of July 9 noon,Vietnam reported 23,513 local cases and 1,906 imported ones. The number ofCOVID-19 cases since the fourth wave of outbreak hit the country since April 27amounted to 21,943.
Of those who are stillunder treatment, 333 have tested negative for the coronavirus once, 203 twiceand 80 thrice.
The country’s deathtoll has reached 105 while 8,950 patients have been given the all-clear./.
An additional 645 cases of CVODI-19 were detected in the six hours to 6pm July 8, raising the number of cases logged in the past 24 hours to 1,314, including 7 imported cases and 1,307 domestic infections, according to the Health Ministry.
Vietnam is on the right track in managing current outbreaks in the country, including remaining hot spot provinces, said Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Vietnam, in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency.
The southern province of Dong Nai has decided to apply social distancing measures within 15 days from 0:00 on July 9 in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Directive No.16/CT-TTg dated March 31, 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic has been developing complicatedly in the locality.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on July 8 issued a document guiding pilot quarantine of F1 cases at home amid the rapid and complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in the southern hub.
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