The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Saturday reported an additional 454,212 Covid-19 infections including 225,693 cases confirmed in Hanoi, raising the country's patient tally to over 5.89 million.
According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in all 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (30,693), Nghe An (11,666), Phu Tho (7,216), Bac Ninh (5,669), and Son La (4.872). Hanoi today added 195,000 more infections, and three provinces of Nam Dinh, Hung Yen, and Phu Tho also added 35,949, 33,760 and 20,784 cases to the national tally.
As of Saturday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 5,895,555. The country now stands 20th among 225 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections. Some localities that have recorded the highest number of patients include Hanoi (779,115), HCM City (566,515), Binh Duong (336,200), Bac Ninh (217,725), and Nghe An (205,929).
On March 12, an additional 84,811 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 3,068,033.
On Saturday evening, a further 62 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 41,290. The high fatalities were reported in some localities including Hanoi (10), Dong Nai (4), Quang Ninh (4), Quang Trị (4), Bac Lieu (3), Nam Dinh (3), and Nghe An (3).
Vietnam on March 11 administered 686,126 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, raising the total number of doses given to local people to over 199.96 million.
Source: dtinews.vn