Da Nang registered an additional 783 coronavirus infections on Saturday, February 5, of which 546 were found in the community, 8 during centralised quarantine establishments and the 299 remaining ones during home-based quarantine periods.

Of the aforementioned community-acquired cases, 254 were detected through tests at public and private medical facilities citywide during their intentional visits there for regular medical checkups.

Meanwhile, 272 patients were found to be contract the coronavirus via rapid tests conducted by the staff of ward/commune-levelled medical stations.

The remaining community-based patients were 20 returnees to Da Nang from other coronavirus-stricken localities.

Cases with a high risk of further community transmission were recorded at all local districts: 115 in Thanh Khe, 113 in Son Tra, 102 in Lien Chieu, 87 in Hai Chau, 67 in Cam Le, 34 in Ngu Hanh Son and 8 in Hoa Vang.

Also on the same day, a combined total of 6,208 residents across the city had their nasal swab samples taken by the local medical staff for COVID-19 testing, of whom 1,322 tested for the virus via the RT-PCR technique whilst the rest were subject to the rapid antigen testing.

Till date, 2,169,219 shots of vaccines against COVID-19 have been administered across the city. Of the vaccinated people throughout Da Nang, 980,979 have received one vaccine shot, whilst 961,771 have got two and 226,469 have accessed three.

Currently, a total of 45 people who are COVID-19 close contacts are kept in 4 centralised quarantine facilities.

Reporting by PHAN CHUNG – Translating by A.THU