Vietnam reported an additional 34,140 Covid-19 infections on Saturday, a fall of 5,195 cases against yesterday's figure, according to the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 62 out of 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (2,202), Bac Giang (1,956), Nghe An (1,656), Phu Tho (1,652), and Yen Bai (1,608).
As of Saturday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 10,169,929. The country now stands 12th among 225 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections. Some localities that have recorded the highest number of patients include Hanoi (1,520,081), HCM City (601,116), Nghe An (413,646), Binh Duong (381,381), and Bac Giang (372,998).
On April 9, an additional 41,857 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 8,497,532.
On Saturday evening, a further 26 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 42,794. The high fatalities were reported in some localities including Dak Lak (7), Dong Nai (4), Bac Lieu (2), and Kien Giang (2).
Vietnam on April 8 administered 216,244 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, raising the total number of doses given to local people to over 208.46 million.
Source: dtinews.vn