Vietnam has continued to report a rise in the number of new Covid-19 infections with an additional 11,811 cases confirmed in 59 localities on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, 11,789 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 59 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,666), Can Tho (766), Tay Ninh (754), Binh Duong (696), Dong Thap (625), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (586), Dong Nai (580), Vinh Long (482), Binh Thuan (470), Soc Trang (425), Bac Lieu (418), Kien Giang (369), Ben Tre (300), Tra Vinh (299), Hanoi (274), Bac Ninh (241), and Ca Mau (224). There were 22 imported patients confirmed today.
The new infections showed an increase of 663 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 6,578 infections found in the community.
As of Wednesday evening, 1,150,625 infections had 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 (460,789), Binh Duong (278,102), Dong Nai (83,965), Long An (37,644), and Tien Giang (24,116).
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 1,155,778. The country now stands 37th among 223 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On November 24, an additional 25,951 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 937,261.
On Wednesday evening, a further 125 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 24,243. The deaths were reported in some localities including HCM City (62), Binh Duong (15), Dong Nai (11), Kien Giang (5), Ca Mau (5), Soc Trang (4), Tay Ninh (3), Dong Thap (3), Can Tho (3), Binh Thuan (2), Long An (2), Bac Lieu (2), Tra Vinh (2), Ha Giang (1), Khanh Hoa (1), Dak Lak (1), Ninh Thuan (1), Binh Phuoc (1), and Hau Giang (1).
Vietnam on November 23 administered more than 2.03 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The country has so far conducted over 112.94 million Covid-19 vaccine shots, with over 45.12 million people having received two doses.
Source: dtinews.vn