Health ministry confirms 769 new COVID-19 cases
VGP - The Ministry of Health reported 769 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, raising the national caseload to 10,744,854.
All of them are domestic infections recorded in 37 localities, namely Ha Noi (158), Phu Tho (62), Nghe An (54), Bac Ninh (40), Son La (40), Da Nang (38), Ho Chi Minh City (32), Yen Bai (32), Lao Cai (27), Quang Ninh (26), Hoa Binh (26), Ha Nam (21), Vinh Phuc (21), Bac Kan (17), Hung Yen (16), Tuyen Quang (15), Cao Bang (14), Thai Binh (13), Hai Duong (13), Quang Binh (12), Ninh Binh (11), Thai Nguyen (11), Nam Dinh (11), Hai Phong (9), Quang Tri (8 ), Thanh Hoa (7), Khanh Hoa (6), Lang Son (5), Lam Dong (5), Ba Ria-Vung Tau (4), Dien Bien (4), Bac Giang (3), Lai Chau (2), Binh Thuan (2), Ben Tre (2), Dong Thap (1) and Ca Mau (1).
The same day, 9,505 patients were declared free of the virus, taking the total number of recoveries at 9,665,972.
The ministry also announced further three fatalities, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,087 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.
The nation has administered 230,933,469 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,078,735 doses from Monday./.