One of the deceased patients was a 44-year-old man treated at the Sa Dec Hospital in the southern province of Dong Thap. He had cancer and cirrhosis. He died on July 8 due to pneumonia caused by Covid-19.

A medical worker at a field hospital in HCMC, July 11, 2021.

Two other patients died at Sa Dec Hospital. A 74-year-old man who had hypertension, diabetes, heart failure and chronic kidney disease died on July 8 due to pneumonia caused by Covid-19 and a heart attack.

A 48-year-old woman who had hypertension, heart failure, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney failure died the same day due to pneumonia caused by Covid-19 an a heart attack.

In the nearby Long An Province, a 67-year-old woman at the Long An General Hospital tested coronavirus positive on June 29 and died on July 9. Her causes of death were pneumonia caused by Covid-19 and a Klebsiella infection. She had cirrhosis, hepatitis B and heart failure.

So far, 88 people have died in Vietnam's fourth coronavirus wave since late April.

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Source: VnExpress