Việt Nam surpasses 10 million COVID infections, daily case count falls

A pharmacist in Hà Nội arranges COVID drugs in a shop. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo

HÀ NỘI — The total number of COVID-19 infections in Việt Nam since the start of the pandemic has topped 10 million, but the amount of new daily cases continued to fall on Thursday.

45,886 new COVID-19 transmissions were recorded across the country.

The new cases bring the country’s tally to 10,070,692 since the pandemic began. Out of the new daily transmissions, 33,715 were in the community.

Currently, 1,674 patients have severe infections, including one on life support.

The capital city of Hà Nội again registered the highest daily number of transmissions with 3,635.

Other localities with four-digit caseloads were Bắc Giang (2,267), Phú Thọ (2,174), Yên Bái (2,167), Nghệ An (1,965), Quảng Ninh (1,956), Lào Cai (1,826), Đắk Lắk (1,619), Bắc Kạn (1,523), Vĩnh Phúc (1,299), Quảng Bình (1,217), Cao Bằng (1,103), Tuyên Quang (1,102), Lạng Sơn (1,087) and Thái Bình (1,078).

The remaining transmissions were found in Thái Nguyên (958), Bắc Ninh (917), Hà Giang (897), Hải Dương (867), Hồ Chí Minh City (864), Gia Lai (846), Hưng Yên (842), Quảng Trị (747), Sơn La (730), Lâm Đồng (714), Vĩnh Long (678), Bình Định (635), Bình Dương (599), Hà Tĩnh (575), Lai Châu (569), Hòa Bình (543), Hà Nam (539), Tây Ninh (537), Bình Phước (532), Bến Tre (530), Quảng Ngãi (499), Ninh Bình (474), Đà Nẵng (472), Cà Mau (457), Điện Biên (440), Nam Định (438), Đắk Nông (363), Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu (278), Quảng Nam (241), Thừa Thiên Huế (235), Phú Yên (234), Hải Phòng (231), Thanh Hóa (218), Khánh Hòa (208), Bình Thuận (194), Trà Vinh (167), An Giang (129), Kiên Giang (118), Bạc Liêu (92), Long An (76), Kon Tum (41), Cần Thơ (40), Ninh Thuận (27), Đồng Nai (23), Sóc Trăng (17), Đồng Tháp (16), Hậu Giang (12) and Tiền Giang (7).

Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province and Gia Lai provinces added 32,342 and 12,000 new cases, which were not logged previously to the national database system.

Meanwhile, 21 COVID-related deaths, the lowest figure since August 2021, were recorded, taking the total number of fatalities to 42,733, accounting for 0.4 per cent of total infections. 

There were 117,503 recoveries, bringing the total number of people given the all-clear to 8,395,066.

Nearly 207.3 million doses of vaccines have been administered so far. — VnExpress News