Viet Nam reports 36th COVID-19-related death

The deceased patient is a 89-year-old woman with history of diabetes and hypertension.

On May 13, the woman tested positive for COVID-19 and was taken to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh District for treatment.

At the time of hospital admission, she was diagnosed with severe pneumonia caused by COVID-19, respiratory failure, and hypertension.

Doctors put her on a ventilation machine but she died on May 15. 

The ministry said the cause of her death was due to respiratory failure, severe pneumonia caused by SARS- CoV-2, hypertension, diabetes and a history of lumbar vertebra collapse./.

By Thuy Dung