Additional 127 hospitalized COVID-19 patients were discharged from the field hospital at the dormitory in the west of the city, Hoa Vang District Medical Center, and the Lung Hospital on Thursday, September 2, bringing the total number of recovered people to 722 since August 25, the Da Nang Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has confirmed.

After the patients completed three successive tests and the results came negative for COVID-19, doctors have declared them cured and so they are now discharged from the hospitals.

All patients’ clinical status is appropriate for discharge, and assessed to have stable and recovering respiratory function. They are no longer contagious and pose no risk to the public, the doctors said.

After discharges, the recoveries must complete 14 days isolation at home, and undergo COVID-19 testing in line with the Ministry of Health’s regulations.

Four patients died of COVID-19 complications on September 2, bringing the total death toll in Da Nang to 39 since the beginning of 2021.

Currently, 1,760 infected patients are being treated at the field hospital, 231patients are under treatment at the Hoa Vang District Medical Centre, and 88 others are receiving treatment at the Lung Hospital.

Overall, 2,079 people, including 73 requiring critical care, are being treated for the coronavirus in Da Nang’s hospitals, of whom, 260 tested negative for the virus once while tests on 115 others came back negative twice.

At present, there are 1,843 people who are being placed under quarantine in 50 designated facilities across the city.

7,890 doses of COVID-19 vaccines on September 2 were administered in Da Nang, bringing the total number of doses administered citywide till date to 214,390, of which, 166,542 people received the first dose while 47,848 others got their second shot.

Reporting by LE HUNG – Translating by H.L