Heal ministry confirms 1,550 new COVID-19 cases
VGP - The Ministry of Health reported 1,550 new cases of COVID-19 on May 16, raising the national caseload to 10,698,180.
The latest patients were recorded in 48 provinces and cities in which Ha Noi reported the most with 437, followed by Bac Ninh province (98), Yen Bai province (76), and Quang Ninh (75).
The ministry said there were additional 4,723 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 9,359,763.
Two fatalities were confirmed over the past 24 hours in Can Tho and Tay Ninh bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,067 or 0.4 percent of the national patient tally.
The nation has administered 217,039,026 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 79,626 doses from Sunday./.