At an area for collecting samples for COVID-19 test (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Additional 42 COVID-19infections, including five imported ones, were confirmed in the last 12 hoursto 6am on June 24, raising the national tally to 13,989, according to the Ministryof Health (MoH).
Among the new domestic cases, 26 were found in Ho Chi Minh City, three each in Thai Binh and Bac Giang, two each inTay Ninh and Long An, and one in Khanh Hoa. Of them, 28 were detected inquarantine sites and sealed off areas.
To date, Vietnam has documented 12,264locally-infected infections and 1,725 imported ones.
The MoH said 5,684 patients have beengiven the all-clear so far, while the death toll was 70.
Among the active patients, 341 have tested negative for the coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 once, 143 twice and 130 thrice.
Sixteen provinces that were hit by thepandemic have gone through 14 days without new infections.
On June 23, an additional 100,374 peoplereceived COVID-19 vaccine shots nationwide. So far, over 2.6 million vaccinedoses have been injected. The number of people fully getting two shots is 137,682./.
VNA
