Forty cases of COVID-19 reported late February 16

Forty COVID-19 cases were confirmed during the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 16, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

A medical checkpoint in Hai Duong province

Among the new cases, 38 are in Hai Duong, one each in Hanoi and Quang Ninh.

The national count is now 2,311 cases, with 1,412 locally-transmitted cases including 719 cases detected since January 27.

 Six patients were given the all-clear during the day, raising the total number of recoveries to 1,573.

The death toll remained at 35.

Among patients still under treatment, 37 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 29 twice and 20 thrice.

A total 128,080 people are being quarantined nationwide./.

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