Vietnam makes new record as daily Covid-19 patient tally surpasses 7,300

July 23, 2021 - 08:18 PM

Vietnam recorded 7,307 new Covid-19 infections on Friday including 4,913 cases in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Vietnam confirmed 7,307 new Covid-19 infections on Friday including 4,913 cases in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 81,678, the Ministry of Health has reported.

This is the highest daily counts recorded in the country so far.

According to the ministry's report, 7,295 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases 6,021 of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 4,913 in Ho Chi Minh City, 608 in Binh Duong, 602 in Long An, 217 in Dong Nai, 212 in Tay Ninh, 129 in Dong Thap, 95 in Tien Giang, 70 in Hanoi, 58 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, 51 in Khanh Hoa, 47 in Danang, 47 in Binh Thuan, 37 in Ninh Thuan, 34 in Can Tho, 30 in Phu Yen, 26 in Quang Ngai, 20 in Ben Tre, 15 in Tra Vinh, 13 in Kien Giang, 12 in Vinh Long, 11 in Nghe An, eight in Dak Nong, six in Binh Dinh, four in Dak Lak, four in Binh Phuoc, four in Hau Giang, four in Bac Ninh, three in Vinh Phuc, two in Quang Nam, two in Lam Dong, two in Ca Mau, two in Ha Tinh, two in An Giang, two in Bac Giang, and one each in Lai Chau, Hoa Binh, and Kon Tum. As many as 1,274 cases were found in the communities.

Ho Chi Minh City continued to report the highest number of new infections in the country. On Thursday, the city also recorded 4,218 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.

There were 12 imported patients confirmed on July 23 who are all Vietnamese people who recently returned from abroad.

As of Friday evening, 77,967 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 50,474 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City. The outbreak has so far spread to 62 cities and provinces nationwide with Lai Chau confirming the first case in this fourth outbreak.

With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 81,678 including 79,537 locally-transmitted cases.

As of 6 pm on July 23, a total of 15,536 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.

So far there have been 370 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.

The country has conducted over 4.41 million Covid-19 vaccine shots, with 334,560 people having received two doses.

Source: dtinews.vn

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