On the morning of September 5, Nghe An only had 1 new Covid-19 infection case, which was an F1 case that had been quarantined before.

On the morning of September 5, the Center for Disease Control (CDC)Nghe An information: In the past 12 hours (from 6:00 p.m. September 4 to 6:00 a.m. September 5),Nghe An1 new case of Covid-19 infection was recorded in Dien Chau district. The patient is an F1 who had been quarantined before.

Taking Covid-19 test samples. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The new infected case is patient NTT, male, born in 1965. Address: Ai Quoc hamlet, Dien Hong commune, Dien Chau. The patient is the husband and F1 of patient PTT who was previously announced. On September 2, the patient was quarantined and tested negative. On September 4, the patient had a second sample taken and sent to CDC, on the evening of September 4, the result was confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Thus, after many days, the number of infections announced every morning was always high, the Covid-19 epidemic in Nghe An has begun to show signs of "cooling down" and gradually being controlled.

Since the beginning of the epidemic season, the province has recorded1,674 patients(BN) infected with Covid-19 in 21 localities: Vinh City: 593, Yen Thanh: 196, Dien Chau: 161, Quynh Luu: 146, Nam Dan: 73, Cua Lo Town: 72, Nghi Loc: 64, Ky Son: 62, Hung Nguyen: 60, Que Phong: 40, Do Luong: 40, Tuong Duong: 29, Tan Ky: 24, Nghia Dan: 24, Hoang Mai Town: 22, Con Cuong: 16, Thanh Chuong: 16, Anh Son: 15, Quy Hop: 14, Thai Hoa Town: 06, Quy Chau: 01.

Cumulative number of patients who have been cured, discharged from hospital, or transferred to higher levels: 580 patients. Cumulative number of patients who have died: 05. Number of patients currently being treated: 1,089 patients.

Regarding testing, in the past 12 hours, the total number of samples received was 2,349. Results have been received for 1,628 samples, with 01 positive case detected (notice above). Number of samples awaiting results: 721 samples./.