Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases in Vietnam from 6am to 6pm on May 31, leaving the total at 328, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

May 31 also marked the 45th consecutive day Vietnam saw no infections in the community, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.

Among the 328 cases confirmed so far, 188 were imported.

A total of 279 COVID-19 patients or 85 percent have fully recovered, while the remaining 49 are being treated at central and provincial health facilities in a stable condition. Of those, seven have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, and 22 negative at least twice.

As many as 7,870 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or returned from pandemic-hit areas are under health monitoring, of whom 69 were quarantined at hospitals, 6,870 at other concentrated facilities and 931 at home and place of residence.

-- BERNAMA