According to the Ministry of Health, by 6 am, February 3, there were 9 additional cases of Covid-19 in the community in the 4 provinces: Gia Lai (4), Hai Duong (2), Binh Duong (2) and Hanoi (1).

The new case in Hanoi - patient No. 1883 - was F1 of patient 1814, who was related to the Covid-19 hotspot in Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province.

In Hai Duong, the two news cases – 1884 and 1885 - are workers in Chi Linh city, who have been under quarantine, with no risk of infection to the community.

The southern province of Binh Duong reported two cases – 1886 and 1887. Both were F1 of patients 1843 and 1801, with relation to the Covid-19 outbreak in Chi Linh city.

The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai had 4 cases (1888-1891). Three of them were F1 who are related to the epidemic outbreak at POYUN company in Chi Linh and the last case is now under epidemiological investigation.

9 more cases of Covid-19 community in 4 provinces, alarming in Gia Lai

The country has recorded 1,891 SARS-CoV-2 infections so far. Of the total, 1,003 were locally-transmitted cases, including 310 linked to Hai Duong since the latest coronavirus outbreak hit the province on January 27.

According to the Treatment Sub-committee under National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, 1,461 COVID-19 patients have recovered. Among the patients still under treatment, three have tested negative for the virus one, seven twice, and two thrice. Thirty- five died from complications related to the disease.

There are 27,714 people who had close contact with confirmed cases or coming from the pandemic-hit regions under quarantine at present.

Thuy Hanh

Thirty one cases of COVID-19 detected on February 2

Thirty one cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 2, with only one imported, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.