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Two New COVID-19 Cases Take National Tally To 2,526

VGP – Viet Nam confirmed two new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the national caseload to 2,526.

March 09, 2021 8:28 PM GMT+7

Specifically, patient 2525 is a 34-year-old Vietnamese woman in Nghi Loc District, Nghe An Province.

She flew from Malaysia to Can Tho City on March 6 and sent to a quarantine site in Tien Giang Province.

The woman is being treated at Tien Giang’s Long Dinh field hospital.

Patient 2526 is a resident of Cam Giang District, Hai Duong Province, contracting the virus from patient 2339.

The patient is being treated at the field hospital No. 3.

The same day, 84 patients were declared free of the virus, taking the total recoveries to 2,004.

Viet Nam began COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday after the country received first batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine./.

By Ngoc Van