On the morning of July 17, Nghe An detected no new infections, but 9 patients had to use ventilators.

On the morning of July 17, Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of Nghe An Center for Disease Control informed: In the past 12 hours (from 7:00 p.m. July 16 to 7:00 a.m. July 17), Nghe An did not record any new cases positive for Covid-19.

Taking Covid-19 test samples from Cham Puong villagers. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The cumulative number of Covid-19 positive cases is 154 patients in 11 localities, specifically: Vinh City: 90, Dien Chau: 18, Tan Ky: 01, Quy Hop: 05, Nam Dan: 06, Do Luong: 01, Hoang Mai: 02, Nghia Dan: 01, Nghi Loc: 04, Quynh Luu: 05, Tuong Duong: 21 cases.

The cumulative number of patients who tested positive again is 7 patients. The cumulative number of patients who have been cured and discharged from the hospital is 32 patients. The cumulative number of patients who have died is 01 patient.

The number of patients currently being treated is 121. Of these, 09 are on ventilators; 05 are negative for the first time; 06 are negative for the second time; and 05 are negative for the third time.

In the past 12 hours, a total of 209 samples were received (30 F1 samples). 196 samples (24 F1) have tested negative. 13 samples are being tested and awaiting results.