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Health ministry confirms 10,223 new COVID-19 cases

VGP – The Ministry of Health confirmed 10,223 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the national patient tally to 1,065,469.

November 18, 2021 8:00 PM GMT+7

The daily number of COVID-19 cases over the last 18 days

The latest patients consist of 14 imported cases and 10,209 domestic infections in 60 cities and provinces, namely Ho Chi Minh City (1,609), Binh Duong (686), Tay Ninh (632), Tien Giang (622), Dong Nai (563), Dong Thap (515), An Giang (510), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (423), Soc Trang (343), Binh Thuan (333), Bac Lieu (314), Vinh Long (314), Kien Giang (304), Ha Giang (235), Ha Noi (202), Tra Vinh (194), Binh Phuoc (189), Ben Tre (184), Ca Mau (158), Khanh Hoa (135), Can Tho (130), Hau Giang (122), Dak Lak (118), Lam Dong (95), Thua Thien-Hue (91), Thai Binh (85), Long An (82), Binh Dinh (82), Bac Ninh (78), Quang Nam (73), Gia Lai (68), Nghe An (61), Dien Bien (59), Vinh Phuc (56), Quang Ngai (51), Bac Giang (49), Nam Dinh (47), Thanh Hoa (46), Ninh Thuan (45), Dak Nong (41), Ha Tinh (31), Quang Ninh (31), Da Nang (26), Phu Yen (25), Tuyen Quang (25), Quang Binh (20), Cao Bang (19), Hai Duong (16), Phu Tho (15), Ha Nam (12), Hung Yen (10), Son La (8 ), Lang Son (6), Quang Tri (5), Lao Cai (5), Hai Phong (5), Kon Tum (2), Hoa Binh (2), Thai Nguyen (1), and Yen Bai (1).  

The national caseload includes 1,060,394 locally transmitted cases recorded since April 27 when the fourth COVID-19 wave began.

The same day, the ministry reported 6,723 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 881,593. Among the current positive cases, 4,489 are in critical conditions.

The ministry also announced further 139 fatalities in Ho Chi Minh City (42), An Giang (22), Kien Giang (16), Binh Duong (14), Dong Nai (7), Long An (6), Bac Lieu (5), Tien Giang (5), Nghe An (3), Tra Vinh (3), Tay Ninh (3), Vinh Long (3), Binh Thuan (2), Can Tho (2), Ben Tre (2), Soc Trang (2), Ninh Thuan (1), and Ba Ria – Vung Tau (1), bringing the nation’s death toll to 23,476.

The nation has administered 103,573,065 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 1,464,452 doses from Wednesday./.

By Thuy Dung