Vietnam recorded 14 new Covid-19 cases Thursday evening, taking the

national count to four figures at 1,007 with 439 active cases.

Eleven of the new cases are from the central city of Da Nang, one from
neighboring Quang Nam Province and two are imported, the Health Ministry
said.

The Da Nang patients, numbered 994 to 998 and 1,001 to 1,006, are aged 24-
65. They include six caregivers, one medical worker and one patient at the Da
Nang Hospital and the Da Nang Oncology Hospital. The remaining three are
people who'd come into contact with people later diagnosed with Covid-19.

"Patient 999", a 26-year-old resident of Quang Nam, is the husband and

brother-in-law of two previously confirmed Covid-19 patients who were
treated at the Da Nang Hospital. He is being treated at the Quang Nam
General Hospital.

"Patient 1,000," a 33-year-old Filipino man in Khanh Hoa, is an expert who

flew from South Korea to the south-central province's Cam Ranh Airport on
August 14, and was quarantined upon arrival. He is being treated at the Khanh
Hoa Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

"Patient 1,007" is a 27-year-old resident of Ho Chi Minh City who had landed
July 29 in Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport on a repatriation flight from Equatorial
Guinea and quarantined at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on
arrival. He self-quarantined himself at home in HCMC starting August 14,
before testing positive for the novel coronavirus on August 19. He is now
under treatment at HCMC's Cu Chi field hospital.

Also Thursday evening, "Patient 994," an 87-year-old man, was taken off
Vietnam's tally of Covid-19 patients after testing negative for the virus thrice.
He had been recorded as a Covid-19 patient in Hanoi Thursday morning.
However, the octogenarian is still being monitored at the National Hospital
for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi's Dong Anh District.
Nine Covid-19 patients were confirmed recovered Thursday - one at the Da
Nang Lung Hospital and the rest at the city's Hoa Vang District medical
center.

The health ministry also said Thursday that the country's biggest Covid-19
outbreaks in Da Nang, Quang Nam and Hai Duong have "basically been put
under control."
The northern province of Hai Duong has not recorded any new case in the last
two days, while "suspected cases in Da Nang and Quang Nam have been
traced, tested and quarantined" per Covid-19 prevention protocols.

While the number of new cases in Da Nang and Quang Nam has markedly
dropped of late, new cases could still spring up, so authorities should continue
to be on the lookout to detect and trace them, it added.

Of the 1,007 Covid-19 cases recorded to date in Vietnam, 542 have recovered,
439 are active cases and 25 have died.