Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed two new coronavirus cases and 26 recoveries on Friday.

One of the patients is 29 years old and lives in Bac Son Tra District, Da Nang.

She had had contact with an infected patient and then tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

The other case has a temporary address in Hanoi and hails from southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

He returned from Russia and landed at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninh Province on board flight VN5062 on August 11.

He was sent to a quarantine center in Hai Duong Province upon entry.

He stayed in the same room as a person who was later diagnosed with COVID-19.

On August 25, he was allowed to leave the quarantine center and returned to his rented room in Hanoi.

The Medical Center in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi then tested him again and transferred the man to a quarantine center in Nam Tu Liem District, also located in the capital.

His test result came back positive for the novel coronavirus on Thursday.

He is currently isolated for treatment at a hospital in the Vietnamese capital.

Hanoi authorities are tracing his contacts for testing and quarantine.

The health ministry also announced 26 recoveries on Friday, including 23 in Da Nang, one in Ho Chi Minh City, one in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, and one in Ninh Binh Province.

Vietnam has logged 1,038 COVID-19 patients, with 663 recoveries and 30 deaths, as of Friday night, according to the Ministry of Health.

Two patients died after having tested negative for the pathogen at least three times so they were not counted in the death toll.

Vietnam has recorded 549 local infections since July 25, when Da Nang registered the first domestic case after the Southeast Asian nation had gone 99 days without a single community transmission.

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