Da Nang registered 10 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, September 22, of which 2 cases were found in the city’s concentrated quarantine facilities, 6 were already-blockaded areas and 1 was detected during self-quarantine at home and the remaining one was discovered at a COVID-19 quarantine checkpoint, the municipal Steering Board for COVID-19 Prevention and Control freshly announced.

In detail, the above-mentioned duo found in concentrated quarantine sites were the primary COVID-19 contacts linked to the previous infection chains. Another case was found at a checkpoint set up at the city’s gateway in Ngu Hanh Son District via the mandatory conduction of a rapid antigen test.

The remaining 7 cases were related to the case of a coronavirus infected dweller in alley K85 on Han Mac Tu Street, who was an employee of the Nam Anh company located in the Son Tra District-based An Don Industrial Park.

As calculated, 7 out of the total 10 cases logged on September 22 were recorded in Hai Chau District, whilst one was in Hoa Khanh Bac Ward, Lien Chieu District and the remaining 2 were returnees from other coronavirus-stricken Vietnamese localities.

Till date, 39 out of the total 56 communes and wards citywide have been labelled as ‘green zones’ where neither community-acquired cases nor locked-down sites have been logged over the past 14 days.

They are the communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Khuong, Hoa Tien, Hoa Phu, Hoa Lien, Hoa Nhon, Hoa Phong, Hoa Phuoc, Hoa Ninh and Hoa Chau in Hoa Vang District; the wards of An Hai Bac, Man Thai, An Hai Tay, Phuoc My, Nai Hien Dong, Tho Quang, and An Hai Dong in Son Tra District; the wards of Hoa Quy, Hoa Hai, My An and Khue My in Ngu Hanh Son District; the wards of Phuoc Ninh, Nam Duong, Hai Chau 1, Hoa Cuong Nam, Binh Hien, Binh Thuan, Hoa Thuan Dong, and Hoa Thuan Tay in Hai Chau District; the wards of Hoa Khe, Thanh Khe Dong, Thac Gian, Chinh Gian, Xuan Ha and An Khe in Thanh Khe District; the wards of Khue Trung, Hoa Tho Tay, Hoa Phat and Hoa Tho Dong in Cam Le District.

Since July 10, Da Nang’s COVID-19 infection tally has climbed to 4,634.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.T