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Nine new Covid-19 infection cases reported in Hai Duong
  • | dtinews.vn | February 24, 2021 06:59 PM
Nine more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam's Covid-19 hotspot of Hai Duong Province, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,412, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday evening.




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According to the ministry's report, all of the new patients are from Hai Duong Province.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 2,412, including 1,504 locally-transmitted cases with 820 cases reported since the new outbreak started in Hai Duong on January 28. Hai Duong Province alone has recorded 636 cases.

As of 6 pm on February 24, a total of 1,790 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

At present, as many as 88,583 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.

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