This is the lowest daily number of infections over the past month.

The latest patients consist of three imported cases and 65,616 domestic infections recorded in 61 cities and provinces, namely Ha Noi (7,423), Dak Lak (3,999), Nghe An (2,911), Yen Bai (2,883), Phu Tho (2,770), Bac Giang (2,439), Quang Ninh (2,378), Lao Cai (2,283), Ha Giang (2,016), Thai Binh (1,911), Quang Binh (1,857), Bac Ninh (1,758), Vinh Phuc (1,706), Lang Son (1,668), Tuyen Quang (1,497), Bac Kan (1,479), Son La (1,319), Ha Nam (1,158), Thai Nguyen (1,134), Cao Bang (1,111), Hai Duong (1,088), Vinh Long (988), Ca Mau (978), Hung Yen (956), Lam Dong (936), Lai Chau (877), Binh Dinh (834), Binh Duong (748), Quang Tra (747), Ho Chi Minh City (746), Tay Ninh (737), Binh Phuoc (728), Ha Tinh (715), Dien Bien (661), Hoa Binh (661), Ninh Binh (648), Quang Ngai (618), Nam Dinh (571), Thua Thien-Hue (563), Ben Tre (557), Da Nang (525), Dak Nong (481), Thanh Hoa (465), Ba Ria-Vung Tau (412), Phu Yen (358), Tra Vinh (342), Hai Phong (302), Khanh Hoa (294), Binh Thuan (264), Quang Nam (259), An Giang (150), Kien Giang (146), Bac Lieu (140), Kon Tum (121), Long An (115), Can Tho (80), Dong Nai (40), Dong Thap (26), Hau Giang (16), Ninh Thuan (13) and Tien Giang (10).

The ministry also said there were 106,878 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 7,713,354 .

It also announced further 37 fatalities, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 42,563 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.

The nation has administered 206,460,876 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 122,687 from Friday./.