Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on April 9 morning, keeping the national count at 251 over the past 24 hours, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Of the cases, 156 entered Vietnam from overseas, accounting for 62 percent, while 95 others got infected from local patients.

Five patients are receiving oxygen support. Twenty-five tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 for the first time, while 17 others got negative results for their second tests.

On April 9, two patients are expected to be discharged from Can Gio hospital for COVID-19 treatment in Ho Chi Minh City.

As of 6:00 on the day, a total of 77,292 people have been quarantined in Vietnam, of whom 642 have been in concentrated quarantine areas in hospitals, 27,790 people have undergone concentrated quarantine in other establishments and the remainders have been self-quarantined at home./.

Source: en.vietnamplus.vn/vietnam-reports-no-new-covid19-cases-in-past-24-hours/171425.vnp