HANOI, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Health on Thursday evening confirmed five new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 227.
The five new cases are a Brazilian and four Vietnamese, including two people recently returning from abroad and two reportedly related to the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital, which is in connection with a number of confirmed infection cases, according to Vietnam News Agency.
The news agency reported on Thursday that 12 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam had recovered, bringing the total recovered cases in the country to 75, with no death from the disease recorded so far.
Vietnam on Thursday confirmed nine new COVID-19 cases. The country has 4,671 suspected cases with nearly 80,000 being monitored and quarantined as of Thursday evening, according to the health ministry.
