Vietnam reported an additional 15,349 Covid-19 infections in 60 provinces and cities on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, 15,377 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country including Hanoi (1,000), Binh Phuoc (998), Tay Ninh (919), Ho Chi Minh (915), Ben Tre (867), Ca Mau (793), Dong Thap (740), Can Tho (680), Khanh Hoa (594), Vinh Long (581), Tra Vinh (476), Soc Trang (466), An Giang (422), Binh Dinh (395), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (371), Thua Thien - Hue (346), Bac Lieu (334), Dong Nai (329), Kien Giang (328), Tien Giang (322), Hau Giang (306), and Binh Duong (304). There were 28 imported patients confirmed today.
The new infections showed an increase of 728 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 8,891 infections found in the community.
As of Monday evening, 1,423,004 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 (488,174), Binh Duong (287,556), Dong Nai (92,575), Tay Ninh (39,615), and Long An (39,312).
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 1,428,428. The country now stands 32nd among 223 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On December 13, an additional 1,192 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 1,055,912.
On Monday evening, a further 242 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 28,081. The deaths were reported in some localities including HCM City (75), Dong Nai (26), An Giang (25), Binh Duong (15), Can Tho (13), Long An (12), Tien Giang (12), Tay Ninh (10), Dong Thap (10), Binh Thuan (7), Soc Trang (7), Vinh Long (6), Kien Giang (5), Dak Lak (4), Bac Lieu (4), Tra Vinh (3), Ben Tre (3), Ca Mau (2), Hanoi (1), Hai Phong (1), Hoa Binh (1).
Vietnam on December 12 administered 593,374 doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The country has so far conducted over 132.87 million Covid-19 vaccine shots, with over 57.96 million people having received two doses.
Source: dtinews.vn