Da Nang confirmed 12 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, September 12, of which 8 were in found in the designated quarantine facilities, 2 were self-isolating at home and 2 were identified in locked down areas.

Notably, no new community transmission case was recorded in the city today.

In particular, the aforementioned patients found whilst self-isolating at home and identified in locked down areas were linked to previously confirmed patients.

The infection cluster linked to the ‘one door- one test’ campaign with testing applied to household representatives across the city is now still at a high risk of further COVID-19 spread with 4 cases documented on Sunday.

As calculated, out the total 12 locally-acquired cases, 4were documented in Lien Chieu District, 2 each in the districts of in the districts of Hoa Vang, Thanh Khe and Hai Chau, and one each in the districts of Ngu Hanh Son and Cam Le.

Notably, Son Tra District saw no new positive case today.

Currently, there are 20 out of the total 56 wards and communes across the city without community-acquired cases for 14 consecutive days, namely the communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Khuong, Hoa Tien, Hoa Phu, Hoa Lien, Hoa Nhon, Hoa Phong, Hoa Phuoc in Hoa Vang District, the wards of An Hai Bac, Man Thai, An Hai Tay, Phuoc My, Nai Hien Dong and Tho Quang in Son Tra District, the wards of My An and Hoa Quy in Ngu Hanh Son District, and the wards of Phuoc Ninh, Nam Duong and Hai Chau 1 wards in Hai Chau District and Hoa Khe Ward in Thanh Khe District.

The city’s COVID-19 infection tally in the ongoing wave has climbed to 4,561 since July 10.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.T