HANOI, Dec 12 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 16,141 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,104 locally transmitted and 37 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Most of the community cases were reported in southern localities, including 1,441 in Ho Chi Minh City, 1,164 in Binh Phuoc province, and 903 in Tay Ninh province.
The infections brought the country’s total tally to 1,398,413, with 27,611 deaths, said the ministry. Nationwide, as many as 1,053,425 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 1,084 from Friday.
Some 131.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including over 57 million second shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.
Vietnam has by far gone through four coronavirus waves of increasing scale, complication, and infectivity. As of yesterday, the country registered more than 1.39 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr, the ministry said.– NNN-VNA
