This also marks the 32nd straight day Vietnam is clear of community transmission.

Among the total, 180 are imported cases which were quarantined upon their arrival in the country.

Up to 260 patients or 81 percent have recovered from the coronavirus disease, and there have been no deaths.

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A medical worker takes a sample from a woman for COVID-19 testing at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Two of the 60 remainders still under treatment have tested negative once for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and 12 others negative at least twice.

There are 10,692 people kept in quarantine at present, including 293 at hospitals, 8,631 at other quarantine facilities, and 2,038 at home.

The national steering committee requested people to continue implementing disease prevention and control measures in the new context. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the pandemic is still developing complicatedly around the world, recommending Vietnam enhance long-term pandemic control measures.

Source: VNA