The daily number of COVID-19 cases over the past week

The latest patients consists of two imported cases and 14,312 domestic infections in 61 cities and provinces, namely Ho Chi Minh City (1,491), Can Tho (1.132), Tay Ninh (792), Soc Trang (775), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (710), Dong Thap (690), Binh Thuan (648), Ben Tre (630), Binh Phuoc (547), Vinh Long (544), Khanh Hoa (465), Ca Mau (444), Binh Dinh (428), Ha Noi (400), Bac Lieu (398), Kien Giang (394), Dong Nai (355), Binh Duong (355), An Giang (350), Thua Thien Hue (305), Hau Giang (295), Tien Giang (257), Tra Vinh (212), Ha Giang (160), Bac Ninh (113), Dak Nong (102), Thanh Hoa (94), Hai Phong (91), Long An (90), Hai Duong (88), Lam Dong (84), Quang Ngai (81), Da Nang (78), Ninh Thuan (75), Quang Nam (63), Quang Ninh (62), Gia Lai (61), Hung Yen (60), Nam Dinh (47), Phu Tho (45), Thai Nguyen (35), Vinh Phuc (34), Phu Yen (31), Thai Binh (28), Quang Binh (25), Hoa Binh (23), Yen Bai (21), Tuyen Quang (16), Kon Tum (13), Bac Giang (12), Ha Tinh (11), Lang Son (11), Lao Cai (9), Son La (9), Ninh Binh (5), Ha Nam (5), Cao Bang (5), Quang Tri (4), Lai Chau (2), Dien Bien (1), and Bac Kan (1).

The national caseload includes 1,303,823 locally transmitted cases recorded since April 27 when the fourth COVID-19 wave hit the Southeast Asian country.

The same day, the ministry reported 1,711 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 1,009,277. Among the current positive cases, 6,854 are in critical conditions.

The ministry also announced further 199 fatalities, bringing the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 26,260, representing 2 percent of the total infections.

The nation has administered 127,353,020 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 502,169 doses from Saturday./.