Da Nang registered 92 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, August 4 of which 67 cases were put  under mandatory quarantine at centralised facilities,19 were already-blockaded areas and only 6 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, 3 symptomatic cases were detected during their in-person visits to medical establishments for checkups, 1 was documented from the so-called ‘one door, one test’ campaign and the 2 remaining ones were medical students who voluntarily took swab samples from residents in the community for COVID-19 testing.

It is highly concerning that, 76 out of the total 92 cases logged on Wednesday were linked to the infection chain at the Son Tra District-based Tho Quang fishing wharf, bringing the total infections here to 467.

Based on the latest number of infections, Son Tra District is still a coronavirus hotspot in Da Nang, recording 59 cases on Wednesday, including 10 cases in Nai Hien Dong Ward, 26  in Man Thai Ward and 16 in Tho Quang Ward.

The total infections recorded in the city have climbed to 1,015 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