Vietnam on Sunday administered additional 182,326 doses of Covid-19 vaccine including 12,414 doses given to children aged 5-11, according to the Ministry of Health.
According to the ministry's report, the number of new Covid-19 infections continued to drop with 14,730 cases recorded today, down 3,744 cases from the previous day.
Most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country with five localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (1,253), Yen Bai (801), Quang Ninh (778), Phu Tho (749), and Nghe An (746).
As of Sunday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 10,432,617. 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 (1,533,658), HCM City (606,626), Nghe An (475,974), Binh Duong (382,676), and Bac Giang (380,351).
On April 17, an additional 5,472 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to 8,936,846.
On Sunday evening, a further 10 deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, bringing the total number of fatalities in Vietnam to 42,944. The high fatalities were reported in some localities including Kien Giang (4), Ben Tre (3), Binh Phuoc (1), Can Tho (1), and Dong Thap (1).
Vietnam on April 16 administered 182,326 doses of Covid-19 vaccines, raising the total number of doses given to local people to over 209.48 million.