A COVID-19 patient with multiple comorbidities died on July 31 morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Hanoi (VNA) – A COVID-19 patient with multiplecomorbidities died on July 31 morning, according to the National SteeringCommittee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The committee’s treatmentsub-committee said the 70-year-old man died of myocardial infarction, with chronic diseases ofhypertension, heart failure, end-stage chronic renal failure, andcomplications of respiratory failure due to heart failure and COVID-19.
Thepatient, a resident of Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam, developed chest pain and fatigue on July 9, and was admitted to Da Nang Hospital.
OnJuly 26 he tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes the disease, and was treated in thesame hospital. The patient was transferred to the Hue Central Hospital in thecentral province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 30 night.
Sincehe was diagnosed with the coronavirus, he had been on life support, but later died in the Hue hospital.
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