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Two more illegal entrants among three new cases of Covid-19

VGP – Two more Vietnamese illegally entering Viet Nam last Thursday were confirmed positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, raising the patient tally to 1,454.

December 29, 2020 6:10 PM GMT+7

Specifically, Patient No. 1,452 is a 31-year-old woman in Lai Vung District of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.

She is being treated at Dong Thap’s Sa Dec General Hospital.

Patient No. 1,453 is a 23-year-old man in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City.

He is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

Both of them are among a group of six who illegally entered the country on December 24. Until now, four of them have tested positive for Covid-19.

Patient No. 1,454 is an eight-year-old girl repatriated from the U.S. on December 27.

She is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital.

Of the country’s patient tally, 1,350 have recovered and exited hospitals while fatalities remained at 35./.

By Quang Minh