175 COVID-19 patients given all-clear on June 20

The Ministry of Health reported that 94 new COVID-19 cases had been detected in the six hours from 12pm to 6pm June 20, all local infections.

Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)
Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing in Da Nang (Photo: VNA)

Ho Chi Minh City reported the most cases with 57, while 23 cases were detected in Bac Giang, 9 in Da Nang, three in Bac Ninh, and two in Nghe An.

With the new cases, the total number recorded on June 20 amounted to 311, including 11 imported.

The national tally rose to 13,211 as of 6pm June 20, including 11,513 domestic cases.

Among active patients undergoing treatment, 381 have tested negative to coronavirus once, 135 twice and 137 thrice.

Twenty one provinces and cities have gone free of new cases for at least 14 days.

175 patients were given the all-clear from the virus on the day while the death toll related to the disease rose to 66 with the two latest fatalities being men aged 53 and 80. Both of them were being treated for a number of underlying health conditions.

The 53-year-old, from the northern province of Vinh Phuc, was being treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma since September 2020 and had undergone nine chemotherapy sessions at the Tan Trieu facility of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi.

He tested positive for COVID-19 while at the hospital and was transferred to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi where his conditions worsened resulted in his death in the early morning of June 19.

His cause of death is recorded as septic shock, pneumonia, COVID-19 in patients with treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, hypertension, and renal failure.

The second patient, from the northern city of Bac Ninh, also died on the same day. He had a history of hypertension, kidney failure and asthma.

The 80-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19 on May 25 and was moved from Bac Ninh Provincial General Hospital to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The condition of his lungs rapidly deteriorated and due to his advanced age and weak health, he did not respond to treatment.

His cause of death has been noted as multi-organ failure, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 in patients with renal failure, hypertension, heart failure and bronchial asthma.

The two new deaths brought the COVID-19 casualties in the fourth wave of infections (since late April) to 31.