The number of new Covid-19 cases continued to drop in Vietnam with 533 cases confirmed on Sunday, the lowest daily infections reported in a year, according to the Ministry of Health.
A child is given Covid-19 vaccine
According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 46 out of 63 localities in the country with some localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (140), Nghe An (30), Lao Cai (27), Quang Ninh (25), and Phu Tho (25). The new infections which are all locally transmitted, showed a decrease of 166 compared to the figure confirmed yesterday.
As of Sunday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to over 10.73 million.
On June 19, an additional 4,255 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.61 million.
On Sunday evening, no deaths related to Covid-19 were announced. Total fatalities stayed at 43,083, accounting for 0.4 percent of total infections.
By June 18, the country had injected more than 225 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including over 5.90 million given to children aged 5 to 11.