Hà Nội breaks daily COVID record with over 10,000 cases, 78,000 registered nationwide

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam reported 77,982 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, as the capital city Hà Nội broke its daily record with 10,783 transmissions.

The figure brings the total cases in Việt Nam to 3,219,177.

Out of the new transmissions, 12 were imported and quarantined on arrival.

Hà Nội again topped the country in terms of the new infections. It was followed by central Nghệ An Province with 3,985 cases and northern Vĩnh Phúc Province with 2,995.

The remaining infections were reported in Hưng Yên (2,962), Tuyên Quang (2,737), Phú Thọ (2,696), Nam Định (2,654), Quảng Ninh (2,559), Hải Dương (2,534), Hòa Bình (2,373), Sơn La (2,136), HCM City (2,069), Ninh Bình (2,063), Bắc Ninh (2,041), Hải Phòng (2,025), Bắc Giang (1,998), Yên Bái (1,954), Lào Cai (1,929), Đắk Lắk (1,896), Thái Bình (1,667), Hà Giang (1,590), Thái Nguyên (1,485), Quảng Bình (1,266), Khánh Hòa (1.211), Cao Bằng (1,112), Bình Phước (1.092), Điện Biên (1,067), Lạng Sơn (1,000), Đà Nẵng (986), Bình Định (918), Thanh Hóa (875), Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (866), Quảng Nam (829), Hà Tĩnh (748), Lâm Đồng (729), Gia Lai (712), Hà Nam (705), Bình Dương (696), Cà Mau (527), Quảng Trị (492), Lai Châu (475), Thừa Thiên Huế (248), Quảng Ngãi (236), Bắc Kạn (223), Tây Ninh (211), Bến Tre (198), Kon Tum (197), Bình Thuận (196), Đắk Nông (180), Bạc Liêu (163), Trà Vinh (130), Đồng Nai (128), Vĩnh Long (114), Kiên Giang (98), Long An (60), Cần Thơ (47), Đồng Tháp (30), An Giang (26), Ninh Thuận (22), Hậu Giang (17) and Tiền Giang (9).

Việt Nam reported an additional 88 deaths related to COVID on Saturday, bringing the death toll to 40,050.

20,427 COVID-19 patients made a full recovery. The total number of recovered patients in Việt Nam has now reached 2,376,046.

The country has administered more than 193.2 million doses of vaccines so far. — VnExpress News