The man, from Que Son district, had several underlying health conditions, including end-stage chronic kidney failure, and had been receiving dialysis for the past 12 years.

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He died at Hoa Vang medical centre in the central city of Da Nang, the Health Ministry’s special task in charge of COVID-19 prevention and control in Da Nang reported on August 26.

The cause of death has been recorded as pneumonia caused by COVID-19, septic shock, multi-organ failure in patient with end-stage chronic renal failure, hypertension, failure heart, and peritoneal dialysis.

On August 26 morning, Patient 601, the first COVID-19 case in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak linked to the outbreak in Da Nang was discharged from hospital. The patient will then undergo 14-day quarantine at a facility in Buon Ma Thuot city.

There have been 1,029 people test positive for COVID-19 since the first case was detected back in January, with 547 cases connected to Da Nang since July 25.

Source: VNA