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According to the ministry's report, the national caseload has so far increased to 11,362,540.
On August 12, an additional 5,897 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 10.00 million.
On Friday evening, one death from Covid-19 was recorded, raising the country's total fatalities to 43,096, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By August 12, the country had injected more than 250 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Vietnam is targeting the completion of Covid-19 inoculation for children aged between 5 - 11 in August, as well as the administration of the third shot for those aged 12 - 17, as well as the third and fourth doses to people aged 18 and above as soon as possible.
