Viet Nam recorded no new COVID-19 cases on 3 October morning, marking 31 consecutive days without infections in the community.

COVID-19 patients are given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)

The country has to date confirmed 1,096 COVID-19 cases, including 691 local infections and the remainders are imported cases, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Among the patients undergoing treatment, one has tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, two twice and four thrice.

As many as 1,020 patients were successfully treated and there are now no patients in critical conditions.

The death toll from the disease remained at 35, most of them were elderly people with serious underlying conditions.

A total of 16,182 people who had close contacts with COVID-19 patients or entered Viet Nam from pandemic-hit regions are being quarantined across the county, including 723 in hospitals, 10,796 in concentrated quarantine establishments and 4,663 at their residences.

Source: VNA