Vietnam reports 2,269 new COVID-19 infections, one death

The Ministry of Health documented 2,269 more COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Sunday, along with 2,066 recoveries and one virus-related mortality.

The newest cases, all but one of which were local transmissions, were reported in 51 provinces and cities, the health ministry said in a daily report, adding that 1,529 were infected in the community.

Hanoi logged 338 of the latest domestic cases, Nghe An Province 140, Quang Ninh Province 120, Quang Binh Province 97, Bac Ninh Province 92, Lam Dong Province 41, Hai Phong City 30, Ho Chi Minh City 30, Hai Duong Province 29, Thanh Hoa Province 21, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 15, Da Nang 10, and Khanh Hoa Province six.

The Ministry of Health recorded 3,345 infections on Saturday.

Vietnam has detected 10,668,433 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave broke out on April 27, 2021. Above 9.3 million of them have recovered from COVID-19.

Vietnam registered only 1,570 locally-transmitted infections in total in the previous three waves.

The health ministry announced 2,066 recovered patients on Sunday, raising the national count to 9,320,591.

The toll has risen to 43,056, with one pathogen-linked deaths added today. 

Vietnam has confirmed a daily average of two deaths over the past seven days.

The nation has found 10,676,184 cases in total since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the country in early 2020.

Health workers have given more than 215.6 million vaccine doses, including 149,311 shots on Saturday, since inoculation was rolled out nationwide on March 8, 2021.

Over 196.4 million doses have been administered to the adult demographic of the country’s 98 million people, including 71,452,664 first shots, 68,658,415 second doses, 15,241,704 additional primary jabs, and 39,624,500 boosters.    

A combined 17,385,055 shots have been injected into children aged 12-17, including 8,911,337 first doses and 8,473,718 second jabs.

A total of 1,820,498 doses have been given to children aged 5-11.

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