Additional 197 new COVID-19 infections reported on June 27 afternoon
Additional 197 new COVID-19 infections, including nine imported ones, were confirmed in the last six hours to 6pm on June 27, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Additional 197 new COVID-19 infections, including nine importedones, were confirmed in the last six hours to 6pm on June 27, according to theMinistry of Health (MoH).
Among the new domestic cases, 95 were in Ho Chi Minh City, 36 in Binh Duong, 15in Bac Giang, 15 in Quang Ngai, eight in Phu Yen, seven in Hung Yen, six in BacNinh, four in Nghe An, two in Da Nang.
Also on the day, the Bac Giang Centre for Disease Control confirmed anadditional 45 cases which were previously detected in locked down areas.
To date, Vietnam has documented 15,643, with 13,874 domestically-transmittedinfections and 1,769 imported ones.
The same day, 182 patients were given the all-clear, bringing the totalrecoveries to 6,319.
Among active patients in hospitals, 370 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once,125 twice and 152 thrice.
The Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control on June 27 afternoon confirmed one more death related toCOVID-19, raising the national tally to 76.
The 53-year-old woman living in Binh Tan district, HCM City tested positive forSARS-CoV-2 on June 24. She was moved to the Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital from the BinhTan District Hospital in a comatose state.
She was given emergency treatment, intensively resuscitated by endotrachealmechanical ventilation, sedation, muscle relaxant combined with antibiotics,vasopressor drugs and anti-inflammatory medicine. However, her conditionprogressed rapidly although doctors tried their best to save her.
She died at 9.30am on June 25.
Cause of death was recorded as severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, acuterespiratory failure and septic shock./.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has permitted the resumption of certain outdoor physical and sport activities from June 26, given the local COVID-19 situation basically brought under control.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 26 led a Government delegation to inspect the COVID-19 prevention and control in Ho Chi Minh City which is being hit hard by the pandemic.
Vietnam logged 76 new local infections of COVID-19 in the past six hours to 12pm on June 27, bringing the national count to 15,401 according to the Ministry of Health.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 27 led a Government delegation to inspect the COVID-19 prevention and control and treatment for COVID-19 patients in southern Binh Duong province that houses numerous industrial
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After more than three weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia improved, breathing stabilised, sedation was reduced, and the breathing tube was removed. He is now conscious, able to eat orally, and in recovery.
Collecting samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) 
