One is a woman, aged 81, from northern Bac Ninh province with a history of high blood pressure and the other is a 64-year-old man from northern Hung Yen who was being treated for cancer.

The woman is the grandmother of another patient. She developed shortness of breath and was admitted to Bac Ninh Provincial General Hospital with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia.

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Taking samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing

Her condition worsened and she was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The woman did not respond to further treatment and died on July 2. Her cause of death has been recorded as pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 and complications of progressive respiratory failure in patients with hypertension.

The man who died was receiving chemotherapy and radiation for throat cancer at Hospital K’s Tan Trieu facility. He developed a fever and tested positive for coronavirus on June 16.

He was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases but died on July 2. His cause of death has been recorded as pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, complications of bacteremia and septic shock in nasopharyngeal cancer patients.

The third fatality was a 52-year-old woman from An Phu district in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, said Dr. Lu Van Trang, Director of An Giang Regional General Hospital.

She had been treated for breast cancer for a long time before contracting COVID-19.

The patient died on early July 4 morning with cause of death recorded as final stage breast cancer, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, heart failure level 2, type 2 diabetes and stage 3 chronic kidney disease.

The death has yet to be confirmed by the Ministry of Health.

Source: VNA