The Ministry of Health confirmed 56 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday noon, raising the national patient tally to 6,713.

The number of daily new COVID-19 cases confirmed
form May 1 to 00:26 pm on May 29

The latest patients include seven Vietnamese repatriated from France (one) on May 7 and the United Arab Emirates (six) on May 27.

All the others are domestic cases detected in Bac Giang (46), Tay Ninh (one), Dien Bien (one) and the Ha Noi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases (one). 

The national caseload includes 5,213 local infections and 1,500 imported cases.

Among the total local infections, as many as 3,643 cases have been recorded in 32 cities and provinces since April 27 when the fourth COVID-19 wave broke out. Bac Giang and Bac Ninh remain the biggest COVID-19 hotspots in the country with 1,927 and 736 cases, respectively./.