Vietnam health ministry reports second Covid-19 death

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Vietnam has recorded 546 coronavirus infections.

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HANOI (REUTERS) - Vietnam's Health Ministry reported the country's second Covid-19 death late on Friday (July 31).
The 61-year-old man died on Friday afternoon at a hospital in Danang city, where Vietnam last week detected its first domestically transmitted coronavirus infections in more than three months, the ministry said in a statement.
The country, which has recorded 546 coronavirus infections since its first cases were detected in January, reported its first coronavirus death earlier on Friday.
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