The patient, known as case 499 in Vietnam, died of blood cancer at final stage, severe pneumonia and COVID-19. She was admitted to Da Nang Oncology Hospital on July 28. She also had hypertension and diabetes. This is the third COVID-19 death in Vietnam.

Vietnam reported 12 more cases positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on Saturday morning, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The new locally transmitted infections bring the total amount of COVID-19 cases nationwide to 558.