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According to the ministry's report, the national caseload has so far increased to 11,502,885.
On October 31, an additional 216 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 10.60 million.
On Monday evening, no deaths from Covid-19 were recorded, the country's total fatalities stayed at 43,163, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By October 31, the country had injected over 261 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
The Ministry of Health said the Covid-19 situation is still unpredictable due to the risk of more new dangerous virus variants, and countries must continue working to strengthen their surveillance systems.
Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, told a recent meeting that globally, the Covid-19 situation is still complicated, and immunity gained has been reduced over time. He said that Vietnam would face challenges if the country was to announce the pandemic is over.
