The number of daily new COVID-19 cases from September 20-October 6 |
The national caseload includes 818,091 locally transmitted cases recorded in 62 cities and provinces since April 27 when the fourth COVID-19 wave began.
Eleven out of the pandemic-hit localities have gone 14 days without a single new infection: Bac Kan, Tuyen Quang, Lai Chau, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai, Ha Giang, Thai Nguyen, Dien Bien, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, and Lao Cai.
The same day, the ministry reported 10,033 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 757,086, accounting for 92 percent of the national tally.
The ministry also announced further 119 fatalities in Ho Chi Minh City (88), Binh Duong (16), Tien Giang (2), Long An (2), Dong Nai (2), Dong Thap (2), Tay Ninh (2), An Giang (2), Binh Dinh (1), Can Tho (1), and Kien Giang (1), raising the country’s death toll to 20,098, representing 2.4 percent of the caseload./.
By Huong Giang