Health ministry reports 51,618 new COVID-19 cases

Ha Noi capital still reported the most with 2,011 cases, followed by Nghe An (1,470), Yen Bai (1,271), Phu Tho (1,187), and Bac Giang (1,053).

The same day, there were additional 22,400 recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 8,554,923.

The ministry also announced further 17 fatalities, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 42,830 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.

The nation has administered 208,563,683 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 38,370 doses from Sunday./.