>>> Lockdown lifted from COVID-19 hotspot Hai Duong
According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, the imported cases were sent to quarantine immediately on February 28 after entering Kien Giang through the Ha Tien border gate. They are being treated at a medical centre in Ha Tien city.
Meanwhile, the five patients in Hai Duong were diagnosed positive for SARS-CoV-2 while undertaking quarantine at concentrated sites.
So far, the national count of COVID-19 cases has reached 2,482, including 1,566 domestically-transmitted cases.
The committee’s treatment sub-committee said a total of 1,898 patients have recovered so far.
Among active patients, 66 have tested for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 37 twice and 113 thrice.
Meanwhile, 59,081 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide, with 540 in hospitals, 13,424 in State-designated quarantine establishments, and 45,117 at home.