The treatment section under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on June 20 announced two new deaths from COVID-19-related complications, raising the pandemic death toll in the country to 66.
A supermarket in Thu Dau Mot city of Binh Duong province is sealed off on June 19 due to its connection with a COVID-19 patient (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The treatment section under the National Steering Committee forCOVID-19 Prevention and Control on Jꦇune 20 announced two new deaths fromCOVID-19-related complications, raising the pandemic death toll in the country to 66.
Thelatest fatalities are men aged 53 and 80. Both of them were being treated for anumber of underlying health conditions. The 53-year-old, from thenorthern province of Vinh Phuc, was being treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphomasince September 2020 and had undergone nine chemotherapysessions at the Tan Trieu facility of the National Cancer Hospital inHanoi. He tested positive forCOVID-19 while at the hospital and was transferred to the National Hospital forTropical Diseases in Hanoi where his conditions worsened resulted in his deathin the early morning of June 19. Hiscause of death is recorded as septic shock, pneumonia, COVID-19 in patientswith treatment-resistant non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, hypertension, and renalfailure. The second patient, from thenorthern city of Bac Ninh, also died on the same day. He had a history ofhypertension, kidney failure and asthma. The 80-year-old man testedpositive for COVID-19 on May 25 and was moved from Bac Ninh ProvincialGeneral Hospital to the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. The condition of his lungsrapidly deteriorated and due to his advanced age and weak health, he did notrespond to treatment. His cause of death hasbeen noted as multi-organ failure, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 in patientswith renal failure, hypertension, heart failure and bronchial asthma. The two new deaths broughtthe COVID-19 casualties in the fourth wave of infections (since late April) to31./.
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A supermarket in Thu Dau Mot city of Binh Duong province is sealed off on June 19 due to its connection with a COVID-19 patient (Photo: VNA) 
