In HCMC, a 50-year-old resident in Hoc Mon District was confirmed coronavirus positive on June 22 and died on July 4 due to severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, septic shock, and multi-organ failure caused by Covid-19. She did not have any chronic diseases prior to Covid-19.
The other case in the city is a 85-year-old woman in District 1. Suffering from a stroke, she had been bedridden for a while before contracting Covid-19 on June 22.
She died on July 3 of pneumonia caused by Covid-19, respiratory failure, multi-organ damage, and heart failure.
In Dong Thap, a 54-year-old woman in Chau Thanh District got Covid-19 on July 2 and died two days later of severe pneumonia complications, respiratory failure and septic shock caused by Covid-19 in a patient with hypertension, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Another Chau Thanh resident, 59, was confirmed with Covid-19 when staying at a centralized quarantine camp and died before being transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Autopsy results showed the cause of death was Covid-19 on the background of a patient with respiratory failure, chronic heart failure, diabetes, and multi-membrane tuberculosis.
The third death in Dong Thap is of a 43-year-old woman who was diagnosed with Covid-19 on July 1 while being hospitalized for other diseases.
She died two days later due to acute coronary syndrome on a patient with Covid-19, increased acute liver enzymes, type 2 diabetes, and Thalassemia.
So far in the ongoing wave that hit Vietnam on April 27, the nation has recorded 75 Covid-19 deaths.