HANOI, Dec 27 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 15,218 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 15,182 locally transmitted and 36 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Among the localities, the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, continued to log the highest number of infections yesterday with 1,910 cases, followed by southern Tay Ninh province, with 928 cases and southern Vinh Long, with 889 cases.
The infections brought the country’s total tally to 1,651,673, with 31,214 deaths, said the ministry. Nationwide, 1,248,240 COVID-19 patients have recovered, up 18,556 from Saturday.
Some 145.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including nearly 66 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 around 1.65 million locally transmitted cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr, the ministry said.– NNN-VNA
