Vietnam confirms record daily Covid-19 cases for three consecutive days


The Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam area in Hanoi has been locked down after 22 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday afternoon (Aug 21, 2021). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Aug 21 (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam reported a record of 11,321 new Covid-19 infection cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 336,707, the Ministry of Health announced.

This is the third consecutive day that Vietnam has logged record numbers of daily cases since the pandemic began. Of the latest transmissions, 22 were imported and 11,299 were locally-transmitted.

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