Of the total figure, Bac Giang accounts for 253 cases that have all been put under quarantine, including 201 cases in Viet Yen District.
A Covid-19 checkpoint in Vietnam
The 201 infections were the result of the Covid-19 screening in isolated areas in Quang Chau and Tien Son communes and Nenh Town in Viet Yen District in late May.
Meanwhile, the others are all locally-infected cases from HCM City, Bac Ninh, Ha Tinh and Hanoi with 20, six, three and one respectively.
By Wednesday noon, Vietnam confirmed 7,897 locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases and 1,608 from abroad. The number of new infections from April 27 reached 6,327 cases.
Around 3,549 Covid-19 cases in Vietnam have been discharged from hospital.
