The number of new Covid-19 infections continued to drop with 890 cases recorded on Sunday, down 224 cases from the previous day, 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 39 out of 63 localities in the country with some localities seeing the highest numbers including Hanoi (282), Yen Bai (67), Nghe An (60), Quang Ninh (46), and Vinh Phuc (40).
As of Sunday evening, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to over 10.71 million. The country now stands 12th among 227 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On May 29, an additional 8,438 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.44 million.
On Sunday evening, no deaths related to Covid-19 were announced. The total fatalities stood at 43,078.
By May 28, the country had injected more than 220 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including over 3.90 million given to children aged 5 to 11.
