An additional 740 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, raising the national tally to over 10.47 million, according to the Ministry of Health.
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According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 38 out of 63 localities in the country with some localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (154), Bac Ninh (54), Nghe An (51), Yen Bai (40), and Danang (40).
As of Thursday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to over 10.47 million.
On June 23, an additional 5,087 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.62 million.
On Thursday evening, no deaths related to Covid-19 were announced. Total fatalities stayed at 43,084, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By June 22, the country had injected more than 227 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including over 6.66 million given to children aged 5 to 11.
