Health ministry confirms 3,717 new COVID-19 cases

All the latest patients are domesitc infections recorded in 53 cities and provinces, in which Ha Noi reported the most with 795 cases, followed by the central province of Nghe An (210) and the northern province of Yen Bai (200).

The ministry said there were additional 2,111 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 9,264,366.

The ministry also announced further one fatality, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,042 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.

The nation has administered 214,939,202 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 165,004 doses from Saturday./.