HANOI, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam reported a total of 34 new cases of COVID-19 infection on Thursday, bringing its total confirmed cases to 747, as well as two more deaths from the disease, according to its Ministry of Health.
Three cases have recently entered Vietnam from abroad while the rest were recorded domestically, among which 16 people were reportedly in contact with confirmed COVID-19 patients, according to the ministry.
The ministry confirmed on Thursday that two more COVID-19 patients had died, bringing the death toll to 10, noting that both were 67 years old and had underlying medical conditions.
One of them, who died on Wednesday night, was among the 34 newly confirmed cases as her test returned positive with COVID-19 on Thursday morning.
As many as 11 more patients have been given all-clear, raising the total cured cases in the country to 392 as of Thursday while there are nearly 170,500 people being quarantined and monitored in the country, according to the ministry.
Following the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam's central Da Nang city, which has seen a surge in the number of cases in the community since late July, medical staff from localities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city, Hai Phong city, and Binh Dinh province have been mobilized to Da Nang to help in the fight with COVID-19, Vietnam News Agency reported. Enditem
