A child is given Covid-19 vaccine in Hanoi
According to the ministry's report, most of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 44 out of 63 localities in the country with some localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (141), Nghe An (48), HCM City (39), Phu Tho (36), and Lao Cai (33).
As of Saturday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to over 10.73 million.
On June 18, an additional 5,889 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.59 million.
On Saturday evening, no deaths related to Covid-19 were announced. Total fatalities stayed at 43,083, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By June 17, the country had injected more than 225 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including over 5.77 million given to children aged 5 to 11.
