Da Nang logged 98 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, August 3 of which 58 cases were put  under mandatory quarantine at centralised facilities,6 were already-blockaded areas and 29 were spotted in the community, the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control freshly announced.

As for the cases detected in the community, 6 symptomatic cases were detected during their in-person visits to medical establishments for checkups,18 were documented from the so-called ‘one door, one test’ campaign and the 2 remaining ones were reported in high-risk infection areas from large-scale sampling.

It is highly concerning that, 77 out of the total 93 cases logged on Tuesday were linked to the infection chain at the Son Tra District-based Tho Quang fishing wharf, bringing the total infections here to 391.

Based on the latest number of infections, Son Tra District is still a coronavirus hotspot in Da Nang, recording 60 cases on Tuesday, with 24 cases in Nai Hien Dong Ward, 7 in Tho Quang Ward, 10 in An Hai Bac Ward, 18 in Man Thai Ward and 1 in Phuoc My Ward.

The total infections recorded in the city have climbed to 923 since July 10 when a local man in Cam Le District’s Hoa Xuan Ward was confirmed contracting the virus after many days of no community transmissions in the city.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.T