Vietnam reported 16,135 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,066 locally transmitted and 69 imported, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the locality with the highest number of infections yesterday, with 2,948 cases, followed by central Khanh Hoa province with 772 cases and central Binh Dinh province with 702 cases.

Also yesterday, the health authorities documented 12,156 COVID-19 infections, detected earlier in Khanh Hoa province.

The infections brought the country’s total tally to 1,958,719, with 34,964 deaths. Nationwide, 1,635,899 COVID-19 patients have recovered.

Data showed that 163.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 71.5 million second shots and 13.6 million third shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.

Vietnam has gone through four coronavirus waves of increasing scale, complication and infectivity. As of yesterday, the country registered over 1.95 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr last year, the ministry said.

Source: NAM News Network