VN records no new cases of COVID-19 over past two days

A medical worker tests a sample in Hà Nội for COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — No new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Việt Nam over the past 48 hours.

The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control has made the announcement on Saturday morning.

It means the total number of COVID-19 infections remains at 268. Of those, 198 people have been treated and made a full recovery.

From the 70 patients currently in hospital with coronavirus, including 66 Vietnamese and four foreigners, 13 have recorded one negative test, and four have twice tested negative, according to the committee.

There are 69,045 people currently in quarantine nationwide. Among these, 324 people are being monitored at hospitals, 11,549 people are quarantined at health centres or other establishments and 57,172 are self-quarantined at home. — VNS

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