Among 657 new cases, 257 were detected at quarantine zones; 236 cases were detected at blockade areas; 92 cases were detected at medical facilities; 72 cases were detected in the community.
By area, Thuan An City has 297 cases, Di An has 130 cases, Tan Uyen has 125 cases, Ben Cat has 66 cases, Thu Dau Mot has 12 cases, Phu Giao has 06 cases, Bau Bang has 03 cases, Bac Tan Uyen has 01 case and other provinces have 17 cases.
From the 4th epidemic, Binh Duong has recorded 4,382 infected cases. In which, 1,204 cases were detected when coming to medical facilities, 75 cases were detected at companies, offices, 01 case was detected when being tested by rapid screening before taking the national high school exam, 2,184 cases were detected at quarantine zones, 794 cases were detected at blockade areas, 257 cases were detected in the community (markets, non-blockade areas), and 05 cases were detected at epidemic control checkpoints. Cumulatively, Binh Duong has recorded 4,428 infected cases (including 32 Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad regulated by Military District 7, 07 foreign experts, 4,388 community infections, and 01 illegally imported case from Cambodia).
Epidemic development in the last 16 days
Cases classified by locality in the last 03 days
Currently Binh Duong has 11 treatment areas with 3,033 patients under treatments. Among the cases, there are 43 pregnant women; 29 people over 65 years old; 84 people with background diseases; 85 patients having severe development. Cumulatively, 300 patients have recovered, 12 patients died.
Tracing results at all outbreaks have recorded about 12,833 F1 cases, 33,723 F2 cases. The province has 12,281 cases currently in concentrated medical isolation and 25,279 cases in medical isolation at home and residence.
During the day, continue to conduct large-scale testing by rapid testing in Di An City according to the Plan No. 30/KH-SYT dated July 17, 2021 of the Department of Health.
According to the Department of Health, the number of infected cases is still high in Thuan An, Di An and increasing in Thu Dau Mot, Tan Uyen, Ben Cat, Phu Giao. It is predicted that in the next 2 weeks new cases will continually appear due to the large-scale testing in the community, the total number of infected cases can be brought to about 10,000 people. The province has set up 600 sampling teams to ensure fast sampling and results in 24 hours. Centralized isolation capacity has increased to 20,000 beds, which can be expanded to 30,000 beds when needed. Regarding the treatment capacity, it can be met if the maximum capacity of hospital beds continues to be increased.
To strengthen the tasks of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control, the Health sector requires all residents to strictly implement the Directive 16 and 5K message.
Employees of companies, factories must obey individual precautions and instructions on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control at industrial parks, factories.
Residents in blockade areas must follow the requirements and measures of Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control according to regulations, obey the 5K message of the Ministry of Health, immediately inform local medical facilities or Community Covid-19 Team when there are respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, chest tightness, difficulty breathing etc. or suspected contact with people suspected of having Covid-19, to be treated and guided in the implementation of disease prevention and control in accordance with regulations.
People travelling from other localities to Binh Duong must conduct medical declaration and implement the regulations on preventing and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic according to regulations.
Reported by Mai Xuan - Translated by Nguyen Trang