According to the ministry's report, 14,421 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 61 out of 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (1,920), Tay Ninh (923), Vinh Long (911), Khanh Hoa (790), Can Tho (763), and HCM City (671). There were 19 imported patients confirmed today.
The new infections showed a decrease of 446 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 9,305 infections found in the community.
As of Tuesday evening, 1,675,321 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 (501,288), Binh Duong (290,349), Dong Nai (97,167), Tay Ninh (72,460), and Dong Thap (42,426).
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 1,680,985. The country now stands 31st among 223 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On December 28, an additional 4,668 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 1,264,282.
On Tuesday evening, a further 214 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 31,632. The deaths were reported in some localities including HCM City(35), An Giang (15), Tay Ninh (15), Vinh Long (15), Dong Thap (14), Tien Giang (14), Dong Nai (13), Kien Giang (12), Can Tho (12), Soc Trang (12), Hanoi (11), Binh Duong (8 ), Long An (7), Ben Tre (7), Binh Phuoc (4), Binh Thuan (4), Hau Giang (4), Ca Mau (4), Tra Vinh (4), Hai Phong (1), Lang Son (1), Khanh Hoa (1), and Bac Lieu (1).
Vietnam on December 27 administered 891,311 doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The country has so far conducted over 147.27 million Covid-19 vaccine shots, with over 66.86 million people having received two doses.