A Japanese man was confirmed positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the national patient tally to 2,554. 

The man, aged 46, landed at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10 and has been quarantined in the city.

He is being treated at the Cu Chi field hospital.

The nation is placing nearly 40,000 people under medical surveillance and quarantine nationwide, including 503 at hospitals and 16,566 at concentrated quarantine sites./.