Vietnam has recorded 81 more Covid-19 infections in two hotspots of Bac Giang Province and Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 12,231, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday morning.
According to the ministry's report, all of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 21 in Bac Giang and 60 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The 21 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some local industrial parks which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks.
As of Friday morning, 8,994 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 5,028 in the virus epicentre of Bac Giang. The outbreak has so far spread to 40 cities and provinces nationwide.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 12,231 including 10,564 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on June 17, a total of 4,653 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
So far there have been 61 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, over 170,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.
On June 17, an additional 200,263 people were given Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccine doses used in the country to 1,991,059. The number of people who have received two doses has risen to 89,833.
Source: dtinews.vn