• An Giang
  • Binh Duong
  • Binh Phuoc
  • Binh Thuan
  • Binh Dinh
  • Bac Lieu
  • Bac Giang
  • Bac Kan
  • Bac Ninh
  • Ben Tre
  • Cao Bang
  • Ca Mau
  • Can Tho
  • Dien Bien
  • Da Nang
  • Da Lat
  • Dak Lak
  • Dak Nong
  • Dong Nai
  • Dong Thap
  • Gia Lai
  • Ha Noi
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • Ha Giang
  • Ha Nam
  • Ha Tinh
  • Hoa Binh
  • Hung Yen
  • Hai Duong
  • Hai Phong
  • Hau Giang
  • Khanh Hoa
  • Kien Giang
  • Kon Tum
  • Lai Chau
  • Long An
  • Lao Cai
  • Lam Dong
  • Lang Son
  • Nam Dinh
  • Nghe An
  • Ninh Binh
  • Ninh Thuan
  • Phu Tho
  • Phu Yen
  • Quang Binh
  • Quang Nam
  • Quang Ngai
  • Quang Ninh
  • Quang Tri
  • Soc Trang
  • Son La
  • Thanh Hoa
  • Thai Binh
  • Thai Nguyen
  • Thua Thien Hue
  • Tien Giang
  • Tra Vinh
  • Tuyen Quang
  • Tay Ninh
  • Vinh Long
  • Vinh Phuc
  • Vung Tau
  • Yen Bai

Health ministry confirms 3,168 new COVID-19 cases

VGP – The Ministry of Health confirmed 3,168 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national patient tally to 867,221.

October 18, 2021 7:50 PM GMT+7

Five localities hid hardest by the fourth COVID-19 wave

The latest patients comprise 9 imported cases and 3,159 domestic infections in 45 cities and provinces, namely Ho Chi Minh City (968), Binh Duong (439), Dong Nai (393), Soc Trang (174), An Giang (109), Kien Giang (99), Tien Giang (94), Ca Mau (77), Long An (68), Dong Thap (61), Phu Tho (58), Bac Lieu (48), Dak Lak (46), Quang Nam (45), Thanh Hoa (42), Gia Lai (40), Tra Vinh (33), Khanh Hoa (31), Hau Giang (28), Binh Thuan (28), Can Tho (27), Nghe An (25), Nam Dinh (22), Kon Tum (20), Ha Nam (20), Quang Ngai (19), Tay Ninh (18), Binh Dinh (15), Quang Binh (15), Vinh Long (14), Thua Thien-Hue (12), Ben Tre (9), Binh Phuoc (9), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (8 ), Quang Tri (8 ), Phu Yen (6), Ninh Thuan (6), Tuyen Quang (6), Ha Noi (6), Dak Nong (4), Bac Ninh (4), Thai Binh (3), Ninh Binh (1), and Ha Giang (1).  

The national tally includes 862,531 locally transmitted cases recorded since April 27 when the fourth COVID-19 wave began.

The same day, the ministry reported 1,136 fresh recoveries, raising the total number of recovered cases to 792,980, accounting for more than 91 percent of the total infections.

The ministry also announced further 75 fatalities in Ho Chi Minh City (51), Binh Duong (14), Dong Nai (3), Soc Trang (1), Lam Dong (1), Ca Mau (1), Da Nang (1), Tay Ninh (1), Tien Giang (1), and An Giang (1), bringing the death toll to 21,269, representing 2.5 percent of the national caseload.

The nation has administered 63,434,180 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,312,650 doses from Sunday./.

By Huong Giang