65 more community Covid-19 cases
The Ministry of Health on the evening of May 8 recorded 78 positive cases of nCoV, of which 65 were domestic cases and 13 were quarantined immediately after entering the country.
78 new cases were recorded from number 3153-3230, of which 65 cases were recorded domestically, including 22 in Hanoi, 17 in Bac Ninh, 8 in Da Nang, 7 in Vinh Phuc, 3 in Hung Yen, and one case each in the provinces of Quang Ninh, Bac Giang, Hai Duong, Thai Binh, Hai Phong, Hue, Nam Dinh, and Quang Nam.
Domestic community cases include:
In Hanoi:
Cases 3153-3164, 3191, 3197There are 14 cases recorded at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, branch 2, including 10 relatives and 4 patients being treated at the hospital.
In Quang Ninh:
Case 3166,Female, 38 years old, address in Ha Long city, has a history of caring for patients treated at K Hospital, Tan Trieu facility, test result on May 7 was positive for nCoV. Currently the patient is being treated at Hospital No. 2 of Quang Ninh province.
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Hue Central Hospital doctors test for Covid-19. Photo: Hue Central Hospital |
In Bac Giang:
Case 3167,Female, 38 years old, address in Luc Nam district, took care of a patient being treated at K Hospital, Tan Trieu facility, test result on May 7 showed the patient was positive for nCoV. Currently, the patient is being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, facility 2.
In Hung Yen:
Case 3168,Female, 48 years old, address in Khoai Chau district, is F1 of case 3122.
Case 3169,Male, 43 years old, address in Khoai Chau district, is F1 of case 3123.
Case 3215,Male, 17 years old, address in My Hao town, epidemiologically related to cases 3063 and 3065.
Their test results on May 7-8 were positive for nCoV. The patients are currently being treated at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases, branch 2.