HANOI, Jan 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 16,553 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,513 locally transmitted and 40 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the locality with the highest number of infections yesterday, with 2,791 cases, followed by central Khanh Hoa province with 798 cases and northern Hai Phong city with 748 cases.
The infections brought the country’s total tally to 1,876,394 with 34,117 deaths. Nationwide, as many as 1,488,038 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 8,990 from Friday.
Some 159.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 70.8 million second shots and 10.2 million third shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.
Vietnam has by far gone through four virus waves of increasing scale, complication and infectivity. As of yesterday, the country registered over 1.87 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr last year, the ministry said.– NNN-VNA
