Viet Nam reported 60 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday (May 6) evening including 56 community cases and four imported.

Army chemical units spray disinfectants at the Kim Chung campus of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội's Dong Anh District on Thursday. —VNA/VNS Photo Minh Duc

The new local transmissions include four in Ha Noi and 16 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on outskirts of the capital in Dong Anh District.

The other community cases include 11 in Vinh Phuc Province, five in Thai Binh, 12 in Bac Ninh Province, one in Hai Duong, two in Hung Yen, one in Quang Ngai, three in Da Nang, and one in Lang Son.

At the hospital, which has been locked down by the authorities, the new cases include a medical worker, two patients and 13 people who are friends and family taking care of patients.

The other cases in Ha Noi, Thai Binh, Lang Son and Bac Ninh are linked to the hospital. They are former patients, care givers or those who have had close contact with earlier confirmed cases.

The four imported cases include one in Thai Nguyen, one in Ha Tinh and two in Khanh Hoa. They were all taken into quarantine upon arrival.

As of Thursday evening, the country’s caseload is 3,090, including 1,690 domestically-transmitted cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

There have been 120 cases since the latest outbreak hit the country on April 27.

To date, 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear.

Source: VNS