Health ministry reports 9,650 COVID-19 cases

The daily number of COVID-19 cases over the last 16 days

The latest patients consist of nine imported cases and 9,641 domestic infections in 59 cities and provinces, namely Ho Chi Minh City (1,183), Tay Ninh (683), Tien Giang (671), Dong Nai (631), Binh Duong (607), An Giang (482), Binh Thuan (439), Dong Thap (392), Soc Trang (343), Ca Mau (340), Bac Lieu (328), Kien Giang (324), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (300), Vinh Long (291), Binh Phuoc (199), Tra Vinh (194), Ben Tre (185), Can Tho (158), Ha Noi (158), Khanh Hoa (150), Nghe An (145), Ha Giang (122), Thai Binh (106), Long An (100), Hau Giang (96), Dak Lak (88), Lam Dong (84), Bac Ninh (81), Nam Dinh (73), Thua Thien-Hue (70), Quang Nam (61), Bac Giang (60), Thanh Hoa (52), Gia Lai (50), Binh Dinh (48), Dak Nong (44), Ninh Thuan (35), Da Nang (34), Quang Ngai (32), Hai Duong (29), Tuyen Quang (27), Quang Tri (22), Quang Binh (18), Quang Ninh (15), Phu Tho (14), Phu Yen (11), Vinh Phuc (11), Lang Son (9), Hung Yen (9), Dien Bien (8 ), Ha Nam (7), Ha Tinh (7), Cao Bang (4), Kon Tum (3), Lao Cai (2), Hoa Binh (2), Thai Nguyen (2), Son La (1), and Yen Bai (1).

The national caseload includes 1,040,346 loacally transmitted cases recorded since late April when the fourth COVID-19 wave began.

The same day, the ministry reported 6,481 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 870,997.

It also announced further 87 fatalities in Ho Chi Minh City (35), Binh Duong (7), Long An (6), Bac Lieu (6), Dong Nai (5), Ca Mau (5), Tay Ninh (3), Dong Thap (3), Binh Thuan (3), An Giang (3), Soc Trang (2), Tien Giang (2), Kien Giang (2), Gia Lai (1), Vinh Long (1), Khanh Hoa (1), Ben Tre (1), and Hau Giang (1), bringing the nation’s death toll to 23,270, representing 2.2 percent of the total infections.

The nation has administered 100,862,898 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,089,217 doses from Monday./.

By Huong Giang