HANOI, Mar 15 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded 161,262 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, a decline of 5,706 cases from Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health.
The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 161,247 domestically transmitted and 15 imported.
The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the pandemic hotspot with 29,833 new cases reported yesterday, followed by the central Nghe An province, with 10,389 cases, and the northern Bac Ninh province, with 7,471 cases.
Also yesterday, the health authorities documented 103,528 COVID-19 cases detected earlier, in the four northern localities of Quang Ninh, Thai Binh, Vinh Phuc, and Lao Cai.
The newly recorded infections brought the total tally to 6,377,438 with 41,477 deaths. Nationwide, as many as 3,271,978 COVID-19 patients, or 51 percent of the total infections, have so far recovered.
Around 200.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country, including 183.3 million shots on people aged 18 and above, according to the ministry.– NNN-VNA
