Illustrative photo (Source: VNA)Of the new cases, 79,992 were detected in the community and 19 wereimported and quarantined upon arrival.
The capital Hanoi again topped the list of localities with 21,395transmissions. It was followed by Nghe An (6,657), Bac Ninh (6,011), Son La (4,182)and Quang Ninh (3,919).
The ministry also announced a further 97 COVID-related deaths,raising the nation's death toll since the pandemic started to 40,644.
A total of 4,246 COVID-19 patients are in serious or criticalcondition, including 3,418 patients requiring oxygen, 294 requiringinvasive ventilation and nine on life support.
As many as 38,911 recoveries were registered on the day, bringing the totalgiven the all-clear to 2,589,436.
To date, more than 196.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses havebeen administered in Vietnam, including 179.5 million doses for adults, with70.8 million first, 67.5 million second and 25.6 millionbooster doses.
A total of nearly 17 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have beengiven to children aged 12-17, including 8.7 million first shotsand 8.2 million second ones./.
VNA
