1,742 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals on August 23, bringing the number of Covid-19 patients recovered from disease to 89,547 since the fourth wave of the pandemic outbreak in the city.
On the same day, Vietnam recorded 321 deaths related to Covid-19.
Up to now, Ho Chi Minh City has confirmed 178,557 cases related to novel coronavirus, including 178,128 domestic and 429 imported cases.
A medical staff takes test sample from a person. (Photo: SGGP)
At present, HCMC is treating 35,425 Covid-19 patients. Among them, 2,096 are children under 16 years old, 2,519 severe patients put on ventilators and 19 cases need extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) intervention.
The city is carrying out Covid-19 test samples from all people who are in red and orange zones.
So far, there have been 42,624 cases infected with coronavirus under local medical care at home; meanwhile, 14,858 patients have been treated at centralized medical facilities in districts.
