On the afternoon of March 5, Nghe An recorded 5,414 new Covid-19 infections, including 1,361 community cases.

Treatment area for severe and critical Covid-19 patients. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the afternoon of March 5, Nghe An Center for Disease Control informed: In the past 12 hours (from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on March 5, 2022),Nghe Annoted5,414 new positive caseswith Covid-19. Of which, there are 1,361 community cases; 4,053 cases were quarantined before (4,051 cases are F1, 01 case in quarantine area, 01 case from other provinces with epidemic).

Localities with the highest number of patients in the past 12 hours: Dien Chau, Yen Thanh, Quynh Luu, Vinh City... The number of deaths in the past 12 hours is 04 patients. All 04 patients are over 60 years old and have underlying diseases.

Thus, in the past 24 hours, Nghe An recorded7,686 new Covid-19 infections, including 1,880 community cases; 05 patients died from Covid-19.

Accumulated from the beginning of the epidemic until now, the province has recorded106,980 Covid-19 cases.Cumulative number of patients who have recovered and been discharged from hospital: 74,130 patients. Cumulative number of deaths: 125 patients. Number of patients currently being treated: 32,725 patients.