Thisis the highest number of daily cases in the capital since the firstCOVID-19 patient was discovered in March 2020.
The numberof COVID-19 related fatalities reported on the day was 228, including78 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Totalcases since the start of the pandemic now stand at 1,413,051, ofwhich 1,407,655 are a result of the fourth wave of infections thathave swept the country since late April.
TheDecember 12 figure include 17 imported cases; 14,621 infectionswere local injections. A total of 9,377 new transmissions were detectedin the community.
HCM City recordedthe highest number of infections with 1,216, followed by Hanoi, and TayNinh at 920.
Vietnam’sCOVID-19 death toll is now 27,839, or 2 percent of total cases.
Thereare 7,596 COVID-19 patients nationwide who are in a seriouscondition, with 942 requiring invasive ventilationand 18 on life support.
Afurther 1,295 patients were given the all-clear on the day, bringingthe total number of recoveries to 1,054,720.
Over 57.4 millionpeople in Vietnam have now been fully inoculated;nearly 75 million people have received at least one vaccine dose./.