Da Nang recorded only one new case of COVID-19 today, October 6, which was detected in a designated quarantine facility, the Da Nang Steering Board for COVID-19 Prevention and Control freshly confirmed.

No new community transmission case was recorded today.

The above-mentioned case was a close contact of a driver who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 whilst passing through a COVID-19 checkpoint set up at the city’s gateway on October 4.

During the same day, 9,597 people had their nasal swab samples taken for COVID-19 testing, of whom 7,919 tested for the virus via the RT-PCR technique whilst the rest were subject to rapid antigen tests whilst entering the city through the city’s gateway checkpoints.

Currently, there are only 3 blockaded areas linked to previous COVID-19 cases, putting 78 households with a combined total of 301 residents under lockdown.

Till date, 53 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 as follow:

Hoa Vang District: the communes of Hoa Bac, Hoa Khuong, Hoa Tien, Hoa Phu, Hoa Lien, Hoa Nhon, Hoa Phong, Hoa Phuoc, Hoa Ninh, Hoa Chau and Hoa Son.

Son Tra District : the wards of An Hai Bac, Man Thai, An Hai Tay, Phuoc My, Nai Hien Dong, Tho Quang, and An Hai Dong.

Ngu Hanh Son District : the wards of Hoa Quy, Hoa Hai, My An and Khue My.

Cam Le District: the wards of Khue Trung, Hoa Tho Tay, Hoa Phat, Hoa Tho Dong, Hoa Xuan and Hoa An.

Lien Chieu District: the wards of Hoa Minh, Hoa Hiep Nam, Hoa Hiep Bac, Hoa Khanh Bac and Hoa Khanh Nam.

Hai Chau District : the wards of Phuoc Ninh, Nam Duong, Hai Chau 1, Hoa Cuong Nam, Binh Hien, Hoa Thuan Dong, Hoa Thuan Tay, Hoa Cuong Bac, Thach Thang, Hai Chau 2, and Thanh Binh

Thanh Khe District: the wards of Hoa Khe, Thanh Khe Dong, Thac Gian, Chinh Gian, Xuan Ha, Thanh Khe Tay, Tan Chinh, Vinh Trung and Tam Thuan.

Since July 10 when the current COVID-19 wave started in Da Nang, 4,674 active cases have been documented citywide.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG - Translating by M.DUNG