HANOI, Dec 19 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 15,895 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, including 15,883 locally transmitted and 12 imported.
According to the Ministry of Health, most of the cases were recorded in southern localities, including 1,341 in Ca Mau province, 1,019 in Ho Chi Minh City, and 941 in Tay Ninh province. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, logged 1,244 COVID-19 cases yesterday.
The new infections brought the total tally to 1,524,368, with 29,351 deaths, said the ministry. Nationwide, a total of 1,097,163 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 1,645 from Friday.
Some 137.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 60.8 million second shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.
Vietnam has gone through four infection waves, with increasing scale and infectivity. As of yesterday, the country registered over 1.5 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr, according to the ministry.– NNN-VNA
