The cause of death has been diagnosed as "severe Covid-19 on a patient with hypertension and end-stage renal failure," said doctor Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, director of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

A resident in HCMC, she was confirmed with Covid-19 on May 25, tagged "patient 5463," after visiting her mother in District 3.

An ambulance seen near a Covid-19 checkpoint in HCMC, May 2021.

Her mother and two siblings had been announced to have Covid-19 five days earlier.

Until now, this cluster has recorded five patients, with the remaining one the 18-month-daughter of "patient 5463." The cause of transmission of this cluster remains unknown.

This patient had suffered chronic kidney failure and had gone through dialysis for six years now. She also had heart failure and hypertension.

The Ministry of Health has yet to confirm hers as a Covid-19 death but the HCMC’s health authorities have recorded this as the first Covid-19 fatality in the city.

Earlier, the ministry has recorded 48 Covid-19 deaths, including 13 in the ongoing wave, which broke out five weeks ago.

So far in this wave, HCMC has recorded 227 patients.

Kind-heart people in Covid-19 fight

(BGO) – In spite of the body disability, Than Ngoc Manh (born in 1991) in Hong Thai commune, Viet Yen district and Nguyen Van Quyet (born in 1987) in Tan An town, Yen Dung district (Bac Giang province) have called for donation of cash and kinds by special way for Covid-19 prevention and control.

39 first Covid-19 patients in Bac Giang discharged from hospitals

(BGO) – 39 first Covid-19 patients in Bac Giang province on May 31 were released from the provincial Field Hospital No 1 and Rehabilitation Hospital. 

Deputy PM orders all-out efforts for import of Covid-19 vaccines

All possible measures must be taken and all obstacles must be addressed to soon secure Covid-19 vaccines, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, said at a meeting on May 31.

111 new local Covid-19 cases reported on Tuesday morning

The 111 new locally transmitted cases were from Hồ Chí Minh City (51), Bắc Giang (45), and Bắc Ninh (15).

Source: VnExpress