As of 4.30 pm on 24 April, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 2,733,503.

For the eighth consecutive day, there have been no new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Viet Nam. The latest person to test positive for coronavirus was a teenage girl on April 16 in Ha Giang Province. The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control said on Friday, the total number of confirmed patients in Viet Nam remains at 268. Of those, 225 people have been successfully treated, accounting for 84 per cent.

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