A total of 81 more people were discharged  from a field hospital set up at a dormitory to the west of the city, the Da Nang Lung Hospital and the Hoa Vang District Medical Centre, on Sunday, September 12, after full COVID-19 recovery.

All of them were given the all-clear following three consecutive negative test results, and they show overall stable status, vital signs, normal organ function and improved chest X-ray readings.

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

The day’s figure has brought the city’s total recovery tally to 1,805 since August 25.

One patient died of COVID-19 complications on the same day, pushing the total death toll in the city to 56 since the beginning of this year.

Currently, a total of 1,348 infected patients are hospitalised for treatment, 1,216 of whom are being treated at the field hospital, whilst 76 at the Hoa Vang District Medical Centre and 56 at the Da Nang Lung Hospital.

Of the total patients, 52 are requiring critical care, 100 tested negative for the virus once while tests on 79 others came back negative twice.

Reporting by LE HUNG – Translating by A.T