HCM City hotspot reports three more COVID-19 fatalities
VOV.VN - Three local patients in Ho Chi Minh City have died after suffering from severe underlying health conditions and COVID-19, said the Sub-committee for Treatment under the National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on July 14.
The deceased are aged between 67 and 87 and had suffered from a number of chronic diseases, including hypertension, stroke, arthritis, and heart failure.
All three had originally tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in late June and passed away several weeks after being admitted to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases to receive treatment.
Their condition saw them suffer from pneumonia brought on by complications relating to COVID-19, along with progressive respiratory failure.
The nation has now recorded 100 deaths linked to COVID-19 during the latest outbreak of the epidemic, thereby raising the total death toll caused by the pandemic to 135.