Viet Nam confirmed nine new imported cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, raising the national patient tally to 2,692. 

All new COVID-19 patients recorded since March 28, 2021 are imported cases

All of them are Vietnamese entered the country via the Ha Tien International Border Gate in the southern province of Kien Giang on April 8.

They have been quarantined and treated at the locality’s Ha Tien City Medical Center.

Of the national caseload, 2,429 have recovered and exited hospitals while 35 others have been reported dead.

The nation is placing nearly 40,000 people under medical surveillance and quarantine, of whom 532 are being kept at hospitals and 21,705 at State designated quarantine sites./.