Total COVID-19 Patient Tally In Vietnam Hits 233 As The Country Reports 30 New Recoveries Since Monday

COVID-19 in Vietnam, update from 3rd April 2020

Since declaring COVID-19 a national pandemic on Tuesday, Vietnam has been taking drastic measures to contain the disease, including banning all international flights and implementing a nationwide social distancing policy.

However, as many people returning from abroad in the second half of March are still in quarantine for testing and not everyone infected at COVID-19 hotspots in the metropolises of Hanoi and Hồ Chí Minh City has been accounted for, we are still seeing headlines reporting new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis.

Since our last update on Wednesday, 21 new patients have been discovered, pushing the total COVID-19 tally in Vietnam to 233 as of 9AM, 3rd April 2020.

But while that might sound disheartening, let’s not forget that there is another, more positive number that’s also going up by the day. 30 previous-confirmed cases have made full recoveries since the beginning of the week, meaning Vietnam has now cured a total of 85 COVID-19 patients.

21 new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam

Medical workers diagnosing a patient
Image credit: Bệnh Viện Sản Nhi Quảng Ninh

Of the 21 new COVID-19 cases reported in Vietnam since Wednesday, 8 are associated with the COVID-19 hotspots of Bạch Mai Hospital in Hanoi and Bar Buddha in Hồ Chí Minh City. These include:

A 40-year-old woman from Thanh Oai District, Hanoi who visited the Bạch Mai Hospital for a checkup.
3 employees of the Trường Sinh Company, which provides logistical services for the Bạch Mai Hospital: a 45-year-old woman, a 57-year-old woman, and a 31-year-old man.
A 59-year-old woman who previously came into contact with a COVID-19 case in Bạch Mai Hospital.
A 29-year-old woman who was at the Bạch Mai Hospital to take care of a relative in early March. She had been in contact with several employees of the Trường Sinh Company between 11th and 14th March.
A 31-year-old man who is the son of Case 209, who in turn contracted the disease from a relative of a COVID-19 patient in Bạch Mai Hospital.
A 39-year-old Brazilian man who lives in District 2, Hồ Chí Minh City. He is the roommate of Case 158, one of the people infected at the Buddha Bar.

The other 13 are people returning to Vietnam from other countries. These are:

5 people who returned from Russia between 25th and 27th March.
3 people who returned on 20th March. Details of their flights have not been revealed.
A 48-year-old woman returning from Germany on 23rd March.
A 25-year-old woman returning from Japan on 25th March.
A 20-year-old man returning from France on 17th March.
A 24-year-old woman returning from Canada on 24th March.
A 28-year-old woman returning from the US on 20th March.

30 new recoveries

Patients at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi take a picture with doctors before being discharged last weekend
Image credit: VNExpress

Since Monday, 30 patients who had been receiving treatment at medical facilities in various provinces of Vietnam have now been declared COVID-free and discharged.

3 were discharged on 31st March. These are:

A 71-year-old British man who had been quarantined at the Huế National Hospital from 8th March.
A 33-year-old Latvian man who was treated at the Cần Giờ Hospital southwest of Hồ Chí Minh City
A 24-year-old Vietnamese woman who was receiving treatment at Hồ Chí Minh City Hospital Of Tropical Diseases.

On 1st April, 5 more cases were confirmed to have fully recovered, including:

2 men aged 36 and 42 from Ninh Thuận Province. They went to Malaysia to attend a major religious event in early March.
2 men and a woman from Hồ Chí Minh City who were quarantined at the Củ Chi Field Hospital in mid-March.

Yesterday, the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi also discharged 12 patients.

10 additional recoveries were reported this morning, including 3 from the Bình Thuận province and 7 from Hồ Chí Minh City. This places the total number of recoveries in Vietnam at 85.