Among the 288 confirmed cases so far, 148 are imported ones and were quarantined upon their arrival in the country, and the remaining 140 contracted the coronavirus in the community.
On the day, eight patients treated at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Disease No. 2 were given the all-clear, adding up to the 249 recoveries in the country.
Of the 39 remainders still under treatment, eight have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, once while 11 others negative at least twice.
There are 25,361 people kept in quarantine at present, including 373 at hospitals, 11,181 at other quarantine facilities, and the rest at home.
