Health ministry reports 8,497 new COVID-19 cases
VGP – The Ministry of Health confirmed 8,497 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the national patient tally to 1,018,376.
The daily number of COVID-19 cases over the last 13 days |
The same day, the ministry reported 1,843 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 858,054.
The ministry also announced further 88 fatalities in 13 southern localities namely Ho Chi Minh City (38), Binh Duong (8 ), Tay Ninh (8 ), An Giang (6), Tien Giang (5), Binh Thuan (5), Can Tho (4), Bac Lieu (4), Dong Nai (3), Long An (2), Dong Thap (2), Soc Trang (2), and Vinh Long (1), bringing the nation’s death toll to 23,018 or representing 2.3 percent of the national caseload.
The nation has administered 97,831,758 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,467,716 doses from Friday./.
By Thuy Dung