According to the ministry's report,1,844 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 1,320 in Ho Chi Minh City, 140 in Binh Duong, 75 in Tien Giang, 58 in Dong Thap, 37 in Dong Nai, 33 in Phu Yen, 33 in Long An, 28 in Khanh Hoa, 26 in Vinh Long, 14 in Quang Ngai, 12 Ba Ria-Vung Tau, 10 in An Giang, eight in Binh Phuoc, seven in Hanoi, seven in Soc Trang, seven in Hung Yen, four in Tay Ninh, four in Bac Giang, three in Thanh Hoa, two in Ben Tre, two in Tra Vinh, two in Ca Mau, two in Bac Ninh, two in Binh Dinh, two in Thai Binh, and one each in Ninh Thuan, Bac Lieu, Kien Giang, Ha Tinh, Ha Nam, and Vinh Phuc.
Ho Chi Minh City continued to report the highest number of new infections in the country. On Friday, the city also recorded 1,229 new patients, the majority of which are individuals who came into contact with confirmed Covid-19 patients or who were detected in either isolation and locked down areas. The city has imposed social distancing measures in 15 days starting from July 9 in an effort to prevent the virus spread.
As of Saturday evening, 24,377 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 11,615 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City. The outbreak has so far spread to 57 cities and provinces nationwide.
Nine imported patients are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from abroad. They were sent to quarantine areas in Quang Nam, Tay Ninh, Tra Vinh, Kien Giang, and Hanoi upon arrival and are now being treated at local hospitals.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 27,863 including 25,947 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on July 10, a total of 9,204 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
So far there have been 112 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, over 259,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home.
By the end of July 9, Vietnam has conducted over 4.01 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. More than 258,000 people have received two doses of the vaccine.
