HANOI, Feb 8 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 16,815 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,809 locally transmitted and six imported, according to the Ministry of Health.
The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the highest number of infections with 2,988 cases, followed by central Nghe An province with 1,247 cases and central Da Nang city with 935 cases.
The infections brought the country’s total tally to 2,358,786, with 38,424 deaths. Nationwide, 2,122,380 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered.
Some 182.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 29 million third shots, have been administered, said the ministry.
Vietnam has by far gone through four waves of increasing scale, complication and infectivity.
As of yesterday, the country has registered over 2.35 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr last year, according to the ministry.– NNN-VNA
