The latest patients consist of one imported case and 2,854 domestic infections recorded in 52 cities and provinces, in which Ha Noi still reported the most with 577 cases, followed by northern provinces of Phu Tho and Vinh Phuc with 230 and 156 cases, respectively.
The ministry also said there were 2,769 new recoveries, taking the total number of recovered cases to 9,324,934.
It also announced further one fatality, bringing the nation's COVID-19 death toll to 43,058 or 0.4 percent of the national caseload.
The nation has administered 215,839,208 COVID-19 vaccine doses, an increase of 95,412 doses from Monday./.