Samples for COVID-19 testing collected from a school in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam posted 328 more local COVID-19infections in the past 12 hours to 6am on July 5, the Ministry of Health (MoH)announced.
Ho Chi Minh City, which is the country’s current largestpandemic hotspot, recorded most of the infections, with 175 cases, closelyfollowed by the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap with 100 cases.
Twenty-three of the remainder were detected in Phu Yen, nine inHung Yen, eight in Khanh Hoa, six in An Giang, two each in Long An and Ba Ninh,and one each in Lang Son, Dong Nai, and Soc Trang.
Of the new infections, 272 were found in quarantine andsealed-off areas.
The new infections brought the national tally to 20,261, including 18,403domestic and 1,858 imported cases.
A total of 7,819 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2,while the death toll was 86.
Among active patients undergoing treatment, 313 have testednegative to the virus, 132 twice and 74 thrice.
There were 16,833 cases detected since April 27 when the fourthoutbreak hit the nation.
Fourteen localities had gone through 14 days without reportingnew domestic infections.
On July 4, 24,325 more people were vaccinated across 11 localitiesnationwide. As of 4pm same day, nearly 3.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccineswere administered, with 223,336 people receiving two doses./.
VNA
