One more COVID-19 patient in Vietnam dies on August 1
A 68-year-old woman with leukemia was confirmed dead on early August 1 at Da Nang Oncology Hospital in the central city of Da Nang, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son.
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| A 68-year-old woman with leukemia was confirmed dead on early Saturday at Da Nang Oncology Hospital. |
The patient, known as Case 499 in Vietnam, died of blood cancer at the final stage, severe pneumonia and COVID-19.
She was admitted to Da Nang Oncology Hospital on July 28. She also had hypertension and diabetes.
This is the third COVID-19 death in Vietnam.
On July 31, the country recorded its first-ever COVID-19-related deaths, a 61-year-old man and a 70-year-old man, both with underlying health conditions.
Vietnam reported 12 more cases positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on Saturday morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The new locally transmitted infections bring the total amount of COVID-19 cases nationwide to 558.
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(Source: VNA)
