Three more COVID-19 patients recover, total hits 263

May 18, 2020 - 16:27
Three more patients with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday afternoon, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 263, making up 82 per cent of total patients.
Three COVID-19 patients recovered and were released from the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on Monday afternoon. — Photo courtesy of the hospital

HÀ NỘI — Three more patients with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday afternoon, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 263, making up 82 per cent of total patients.

They all are Vietnamese patients, including Patient 257 and Patient 264 from COVID-19 hotspot in Mê Linh District of Hà Nội and Patient 270, a student who returned home from Japan on April 22.

The recovered patients in full are:

Patient 257, 15, female, living in Mê Linh District, Hà Nội, was admitted to the hospital on April 9.

Patient 264, 24, female, living in Mê Linh District, Hà Nội, was admitted to the hospital on April 13.

Patient 270, 22, female, living in Yên Dũng District, Bắc Giang Province, was admitted to the hospital on April 24.

All three patients had two tests and all came back negative for SARS-CoV-2.

At present, all patients have no fever, no cough, no breathing difficulties and are in a stable condition. They will continue to be isolated and monitored for the next 14 days at the hospital.  

As of Monday morning, the Ministry of Health reported no new COVID-19 community transmission cases in Việt Nam over the past 32 days. The total patients with the novel coronavirus stands at 320 and no deaths have been reported. — VNS

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