Vietnam reported 18 new Covid-19 community transmission patients on Thursday morning, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the figures, 15 are from the northern province of Hai Duong and the others from the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The three cases in Quang Ninh are all from Dong Trieu Town, including a four-year-old boy. They are being quarantined at Vietnam-Thuy Dien Uong Bi Hospital for the treatment.
The patients from Hai Duong are all those who had close contact with Covid-19 cases earlier. However, they had been quarantined, which does not pose community infection risks.
By 6 am on Thursday, Vietnam had a total 1,215 locally-infected cases, including 522 since January 27.
Currently, 114,796 are under quarantine, including 772 at hospitals, while the remainder is at their homes and other quarantine sites.