In the past 24 hours, Binh Duong recorded 2,358 Covid-19 cases (the Ministry of Health announced on the 19:00 news on August 15, 2021), up 16.2% compared to August 14, 2021.
Of the 2,358 cases, there were 59 cases at medical facilities (accounting for 2.5%), 120 cases of PCR confirmation in temporary quarantine areas (accounting for 5.1%), 1,885 cases in lockdown area (accounting for 79.9%) and 294 cases through community screening (accounting for 12.5%).
According to area of residence, Thuan An city 1,517 cases (up 61.6%), Tan Uyen town 485 cases (up 0.6%), Thu Dau Mot city 122 cases (down 50.2%), Bac Tan Uyen district 171 cases (up 533.3%), Di An city 29 cases (down 85%), Ben Cat town 14 cases (down 81.3%), Bau Bang district 12 cases (up 73.3 %), Dau Tieng district 02 cases (down 84.6%), Phu Giao district 04 cases (up 100%) and 02 cases outside the province (down 75%).
During the day, collecting and treating 1,177 patients, up 60%; 20 patients died, down 38% compared to August 14, 2021.
Since the 4th pandemic wave, Binh Duong province has recorded 43,979 Covid-19 cases; 361 patients died.
Currently, the province is treating 11,322 patients, of which 2,727 are symptomatic, 1,197 have underlying diseases, and 715 turn severe.
The province currently has 1,246 lockdown areas with 125,627 people; 19,369 people are in concentrated quarantine; 3,873 F1 cases are quarantined at home and 967 F0 cases are quarantined at home.
From August 02, 2021, Binh Duong took samples for the second large-scale testing. As a result, localities took samples for rapid testing and PCR for 257,002 people, had 8,054 positive cases; the results of PCR sampling for 81,821 workers at 70 companies in industrial parks, had 133 positive cases.
Reported by Yen Nhi - Translated by Nguyen Trang