The Health Ministry said Tuesday that the 61-year-old man, Vietnam's 418th Covid-19 patient, had died on August 12.

He had tested negative for the coronavirus the same day, as well as on August 4, 10 and 11, the ministry said.

A medical worker with vials containing Covid-19 samples in Son Tra District, Da Nang, August 3, 2020.

He thus has not been identified as a Covid-19 fatality.

The man suffered several underlying conditions, including chronic kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Treated at Da Nang Hospital from July 21 to 29, he tested positive for the novel coronavirus on July 27, becoming the second community transmission case in Vietnam after more than three months.

He was transferred to Hue General Central Hospital in the nearby Thua Thien-Hue Province and stayed there until he died.

Vietnam has recorded 989 Covid-19 cases so far, 438 active. The country's pandemic death toll is 25, with all patients suffering various comorbidities.

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Source: VnExpress