Thanh Xuan district, now the city’s largest COVID-19hotspot, accounts for the highest number of infections, with 23 cases. Other infections wererecorded in the districts of Dong Da (3), Ha Dong (2) and Dan Phuong (2).
The city has been applying social distancing sinceJuly 24 to curb the spread of the pandemic.
Since the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections started on April 27,Hanoi has logged 3,298 cases.
Vietnam’s COVID-19 caseload has reached 462,096 as of 6pmon August 31, with death toll hitting 11,064.
The country has administered over 19.96 million COVID-19vaccine shots, with close to 2.62 million people fully vaccinated with twojabs./.