10,365 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday

A primary school student receives a COVID-19 vaccine in southern Trà Vinh City. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Hòa 

HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam on Saturday reported 10,365 new COVID-19 infections nationwide, along with six deaths.

All the new infections were domestic, and a total of 7,412 transmissions were detected in the community.

The capital Hà Nội topped the list with 978 new cases, followed by Phú Thọ Province with 753 and Bắc Giang with 556.

Other new transmissions were found in Quảng Ninh (538), Nghệ An (456), Yên Bái (440), Vĩnh Phúc (397), Tuyên Quang (338), Lào Cai (334), Gia Lai (318), Đắk Lắk (318), Thái Nguyên (314), Thái Bình (276), Quảng Bình (271), Bắc Kạn (266), Hải Dương (257), Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (210), Nam Định (208), Hưng Yên (199), Bắc Ninh (198), Lâm Đồng (195), Hòa Bình (183), Cao Bằng (178), Lạng Sơn (174), Hà Giang (153), Ninh Bình (144), Điện Biên (129), Hà Nam (125), Sơn La (123), Đà Nẵng (108), Vĩnh Long (97), Quảng Trị (87), Lai Châu (82), Bình Phước (80), Thanh Hóa (79), Hải Phòng (78), HCM City (76), Tây Ninh (75), Đắk Nông (74), Bình Định (71), Quảng Nam (63), Cà Mau (42), Phú Yên (42), Bến Tre (40), Quảng Ngãi (31), Bình Dương (29), Thừa Thiên Huế (27), Kiên Giang (26), Bạc Liêu (25), Khánh Hòa (20), Bình Thuận (19), An Giang (15), Long An (14), Trà Vinh (12), Đồng Nai (11), Hậu Giang (4), Kon Tum (4), Đồng Tháp (3) and Cần Thơ (2).

The national caseload since the start of the pandemic now stands at 10,554,689. In the past week, the country saw an average of 12,428 new infections daily.

The six fatalities were in Cao Bằng (1), Đồng Nai (1), Hà Tĩnh (1), Kiên Giang (1), Phú Thọ (1) and Quảng Bình (1).

The total number of COVID-related fatalities in Việt Nam is now 43,004, or 0.4 per cent of total infections.

There are 685 COVID patients nationwide who require oxygen support, including 68 requiring invasive ventilation and two on life support.

A further 2,229 patients were given the all-clear, taking the total number of recoveries to 9,081,494.

Nearly 212 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country to date, of which 374,255 have been given to children aged 5 to 11. — VnExpress News