As of 5.00 pm on 7 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 3,836,177.

Viet Nam has reported no cases of community transmitted Covid-19 for 21 straight days, and the number of confirmed cases still stands at 271, the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced on Thursday. Among the total, 131 are imported cases, and they were put in quarantine upon their arrival in the country. Till date, 233 patients have recovered from the illness. The 38 remainders are receiving treatment in central and provincial-level health care establishments nationwide, and most of them are in stable condition.

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