The latest cases include 16,472 COVID-19 cases recorded over the last 24 hours while the rest (9,370) was updated by the southern province of Vinh Long, said the ministry.

The same day, the ministry also reported further 28,369 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 1,464,415.

There were 170 fatalities over the last 24 hours, bringing the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 33,644, or 1.8 percent of the total infections.

The nation has administered 156,902,083 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,692,955 doses from Wednesday./.