The Ministry of Health confirmed 121 new COVID-19 cases on Friday noon, bringing the national caseload to 12,352. 

The number of daily new COVID-19 cases from June 1 to 00:33 pm on June 18

The latest patients include two Vietnamese returning from Malaysia on June 5 and another neighboring country on June 2.

All the others are domestic infections in Ho Chi Minh City (59), Bac Giang (36), Binh Duong (12), Bac Ninh (10), Hoa Binh (1), and Lao Cai (1). Of these 110 cases were recorded in quarantine and lockdown areas.

Among the national patient tally, 4,653 patients have recovered and exited hospitals while the death toll stood at 61./.