HANOI, Dec 18 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 15,236 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 15,215 locally transmitted and 21 imported, according to its Ministry of Health.
Most of the community cases were recorded in southern localities, including 1,246 in Ben Tre province, 1,071 in Ca Mau province and 1,040 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The infections brought the country’s total tally to 1,508,473, with 29,103 deaths, said the ministry. Nationwide, 1,095,518 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 31,057 from Thursday.
Nearly 137 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including 60.2 million second shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.
Vietnam has by far gone through four COVID-19 waves of increasing scale, complication and infectivity.
As of yesterday, the country registered over 1.5 million locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, since the start of the current wave in late Apr, the ministry said.
