Vietnam continued to report falling number of new Covid-19 infections with just 3,168 cases confirmed on Monday, according to a report from the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, 3,159 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 45 localities including HCM City (968), Binh Duong (439), Dong Nai (393), Soc Trang (174), An Giang (109), Kien Giang (99), and Tien Giang (94). There were nine imported patients confirmed today.
The new infections showed a decrease of 16 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 1,261 infections found in the community.
As of Monday evening, 862,531 infections have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have recorded the highest number of patients include HCM City (418,692), Binh Duong (225,853), Dong Nai (59,015), Long An (33,806), and Tien Giang (15,105). The outbreak has so far spread to 62 out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 867,221. The country now stands 40th among 223 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On October 18, an additional 1,136 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 792,980.
On Monday evening, a further 75 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 21,269. The deaths were reported in some localities including HCM City (51), Binh Duong (14), Dong Nai (3), Soc Trang (1), Lam Dong (1), Ca Mau (1), Danang (1), Tay Ninh (1), Tien Giang (1), and An Giang (1).
Vietnam today administered more than 1.31 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The country has so far conducted over 63.43 million Covid-19 vaccine shots, with over 18.15 million people having received two doses.
Source: dtinews.vn