Vietnam records 95 new Covid-19 cases

03:44 25/05/2021 - Social news

The Health Ministry confirmed 95 new Covid-19 community transmissions in five localities Monday night, taking the new outbreak's tally to 2,349.

A medical staff tests human samples for the novel coronavirus in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh.

Of the new cases, 44 and 31 cases were reported in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh, respectively. Hanoi, Lang Son and HCMC respectively recorded 13, six and one cases.

All the cases in Bac Giang are linked to the province's Quang Chau industrial park and detected in quarantine zones.

In Bac Ninh, the cases were either associated with previously confirmed Covid-19 patients, detected in quarantine zones or through Covid-19 screening in the community.

Among the cases in Hanoi, 12 stemmed from contact with two previously confirmed patients and one was found in an affected area that has been isolated.

The cases in Lang Son comprise one who had made contact with a coronavirus case, three are workers from the Giang Chau industrial park, and two were found in an affected area that has been isolated.

The case in HCMC is of a person who’d had contact with previously confirmed Covid-19 patients.

Vietnam recorded 184 cases in total on Monday.

The ministry also declared 73 people free of Covid-19, raising total number of recoveries since the start of the pandemic to 2,794.

Vietnam has recorded 2,348 local Covid-19 cases in 30 cities and provinces since the new wave started on April 27.

Le Nga

25/05/2021