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According to the ministry's report, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 11,189,968.
On August 4, an additional 7,712 more patients recovered from the disease, raising the number of recoveries in the country to over 9.94 million.
On Thursday evening, no deaths from Covid-19 were recorded. The country's total fatalities stood at 43,094, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections.
By August 4, the country had injected more than 247 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.
