No new COVID-19 case reported on March 2 afternoon

No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 2, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 2.
No new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vietnam in the past 12 hours to 6pm on March 2.

The COVID-19 tally in the country now stands at 2,472, 1,561 of which are domestic infections, including 868 reported since January 27, when the latest outbreak began.

Six more patients were given the all clear during the day, raising the number of recoveries to 1,898.

Among those still under treatment, 66 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 37 others twice, and 113 thrice, the treatment sub-committee said.

There are 58,758 people having close contact with confirmed cases or coming from pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.