Viet Nam recorded no new Covid-19 infections overnight, making the tally unchanged at 1,069, the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control announced on 26 September morning.

Vietnamese citizens from abroad go to quarantine sites after entry into the country (Photo: VNA)

This day also marks the 24^th consecutive day without community transmissions.

Among all the cases, 691 are domestically infected cases, including 551 recorded since the new outbreak began on July 25.

On 25 September, eight more patients were given the all-clear from the disease, including six people treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi’s Dong Anh district, one at the Quang Nam Central General Hospital and another at the Tuberculosis and Lung Hospital in central Quang Tri Province.

The newly-recovered patients brought the total number of recoveries in the country to 999, while there have been 35 deaths related to Covid-19 so far.

Among patients under treatment, there is no longer any critical case, while four have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, five twice and 13 thrice.

A total 21,842 people are being quarantined nationwide.

Source: VNA