The 58 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some industrial parks of Van Trung, Dinh Tram, Song Khe-Noi Hoang, and Quang Chau which have reported a large outbreak over the last few weeks.
As of Thursday evening, 4,955 locally-transmitted cases have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country on April 27, including 2,678 in the virus epicentre of Bac Giang. The outbreak has so far spread to 37 cities and provinces nationwide.
12 imported patients are all Vietnamese citizens who recently returned from Cambodia to Kien Giang Province. They were sent to a local quarantine area upon arrival and are now being treated at a local hospital.
With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 8,063 including 6,525 locally-transmitted cases.
As of 6 pm on June 3, a total of 3,085 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital.
So far there have been 49 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases.
At present, over 151,000 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.
On June 2, an additional 11,733 people were given Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam, raising the total number of vaccine doses used in the country to 1,110,111. The number of people who have received two doses has risen to 31,177.
