November 04, 2020 | 21:12 (GMT+7)
Three new imported cases raise COVID-19 tally to 1,206
Three new imported cases of COVID-19 were recorded from 6am to 6pm on November 4, raising the national count to 1,206, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
All the three new patients returned from France on Flight VN5010 which landed in Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 21. They tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 while in quarantine.
They are being treated at the Medical Centre in Long Dien district, southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
A total of 1,069 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have recovered. There are no patients in critical conditions. The death toll remains at 35.
Among the active patients, 17 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, seven twice and five thrice.
Vietnam has gone through 63 straight days without locally-transmitted cases.
As many as 15,260 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are now under quarantine nationwide.
Source: VNA