HCMC – The 437th Covid-19 patient, a 61-year-old resident of Danang City, has been confirmed dead due to septic shock, becoming the country’s second death caused by the deadly coronavirus, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said tonight, July 31.
The patient had been receiving treatment for kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and gout at Danang Hospital for a long time before it was discovered that he had been exposed to Covid-19 on July 27.