A site where medical workers take samples of people returning from Da Nang city for testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 22 newCOVID-19 cases and two fatalities on August 13 evening, raising the total infection casesto 905 and death toll to 20.
According to Nguyen Trong Khoa, deputy head of thespecial task force for COVID-19 prevention and control in the central city ofDa Nang, one of the deceased patients is an 83-year-old woman from the centralprovince of Quang Nam.
She had already suffered from heart failure andaplastic anemia. She was treated at the Quang Nam General Hospital from July 27to August 2, before testing positive for the novel coronavirus on August 2 andbeing transferred to the Hue General Central Hospital in Thua Thien-Hue provincethe same day. She was later diagnosed with pneumonia and ischemic heart diseaseas well.
She was put on ventilators on August 8, before beingpronounced dead on August 12. Causes of death included severe respiratory failuredue to COVID-19, multiple organ failure and septic shock.
The other is an 87-year-old man in the centralprovince of Quang Ngai, who had hypertension and diabetes, and had suffered old myocardial infarction. His left foot had been amputated due toembolism.
He was admitted to the Da Nang Hospital on July 17,where he was diagnosed with an infection on the site of his left footamputation. He tested positive for the novel coronavirus on July 27.
He was transferred to the city's Hoa Vang Districtmedical centre on July 31 for further treatment. He was put on ventilators andunderwent continuous artificial blood filtration from August 2 -4. He was alsopronounced dead on August 12. Causes of death included COVID-19, infection atamputation site, hypertension, diabetes and heart failure.
Among the new infection cases, 14 were recorded in Da Nang, twoin neighbouring Quang Nam province, one in Quang Tri province and five importedcases in Khanh Hoa province.
The five imported cases flew from Japan to Cam RanhAirport on August 5 and were quarantined upon arrival.
Among total cases confirmed in Vietnam so far, 438 arelinked to the outbreak in Da Nang since July 25.
The number of imported cases is 327 that werequarantined right upon entry.
On August 13, 12 patients were announced to haverecovered. They comprised 10 in the Hoa Vang field hospital in Da Nang, and twoin Quang Nam Central General Hospital./.
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A site where medical workers take samples of people returning from Da Nang city for testing (Photo: VNA) 
