Two more COVID-19 patients in VN die

As of August 1, Viet Nam confirms three deaths of COVID-19.

The 61-year-old male resident of the central city of Da Nang (patient 437) died of septic shocks on the basis of other serious illness and COVID-19 on late July 31.

The patient had had chronic kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes and gout before he was found to have COVID-19 on July 27 at Da Nang Hospital.

A 68-year-old woman (patient 499) with leukemia was confirmed dead on early August 1 at Da Nang Oncology Hospital in the central city of Da Nang.

The patient died of blood cancer at final stage, severe pneumonia and COVID-19.

She was admitted to Da Nang Oncology Hospital on July 28. She also had hypertension and diabetes.

Earlier on early July 31, a 70-year-old man residing in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, (the 428th COVID-19 case) was confirmed as the first causality of COVID-19 in Viet Nam.

The patient had a history of hypertension, cardiac ischemia, heart failure, and pneumonia. He had been sampled and confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on July 27.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on early August 1 has confirmed 558 COVID-19 infection cases in Viet Nam, 373 of whom have been cleared of the virus and recovered their health, accounting for 66.8%.  

By Thuy Dung