Vietnam continued to see a rising number of Covid-19 infections with an additional 2,958 new cases confirmed on Thursday, the highest recorded in a day in the past over six months, according to the Ministry of Health.
To date, the country has administered approximately 266.2 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19.
According to the ministry's report, the national caseload has so far increased to over 11.55 million. The country now stands 13th among 230 countries and territories worldwide in the number of infections.
On April 27, an additional 1,062 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 10.62 million. Currently, 85 patients are relying on mechanical ventilation.
On Thursday evening, no deaths related to Covid-19 were announced, the second case in the past four months. The country's total fatalities stayed at over 43,000, accounting for 0.40 percent of total infections.
Vietnam is witnessing a reoccurrence of Covid-19 cases over the past weeks with some new Omicron sub-variants including XBB.1.9.1, XBB.1.16, and XBB.1.16.1 detected. According to experts, the actual figure may be higher as many people undergo a self-test and self-treatment at home.
The Ministry of Health has asked localities nation-wide to tighten preventive measures to curb the spreading of the virus, including speeding up vaccination.
Vietnam's Covid-19 tally continues rising
Vietnam continued to see a rising number of Covid-19 infections with an additional 2,958 new cases confirmed on Thursday, the highest recorded in a day in the past over six months, according to the Ministry of Health.
Source: dtinews.vn
