As of August 1, Viet Nam confirms three deaths of COVID-19. |
The patient had had chronic kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes and gout before he was found to have COVID-19 on July 27 at Da Nang Hospital.
A 68-year-old woman (patient 499) with leukemia was confirmed dead on early August 1 at Da Nang Oncology Hospital in the central city of Da Nang.
The patient died of blood cancer at final stage, severe pneumonia and COVID-19.
She was admitted to Da Nang Oncology Hospital on July 28. She also had hypertension and diabetes.
Earlier on early July 31, a 70-year-old man residing in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, (the 428th COVID-19 case) was confirmed as the first causality of COVID-19 in Viet Nam.
The patient had a history of hypertension, cardiac ischemia, heart failure, and pneumonia. He had been sampled and confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 on July 27.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on early August 1 has confirmed 558 COVID-19 infection cases in Viet Nam, 373 of whom have been cleared of the virus and recovered their health, accounting for 66.8%.
By Thuy Dung