As of 5.00 pm on 23 April, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 2,653,422.

There have been no new Covid-19 cases detected in Viet Nam for a whole week, reported the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on April 23. Since the first case was detected three months ago, a total of 268 people have contracted the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 with 224 patients making full recovery from the illness.

Thus far six people have been diagnosed with the disease in Da Nang, and all of them have been cleared of the virus.

  Designed by THANH HUYEN - Translated by MAI DUNG