HANOI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua): Vietnam reported 16,278 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 16,254 locally transmitted and 24 imported, according to its ministry of health.
The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of infections on Friday with 2,723 cases, followed by northern Hai Phong city with 795 cases and central Khanh Hoa province with 790 cases. The infections brought the country's total tally to 1,859,841
Health authorities also announced 233 COVID-related deaths, raising the nation's death toll since the pandemic started to 33,877.
A total of 14,633 patients recovered, pushing the total number given the all-clear to 1,479,048.
Nationwide, as many as 1,479,048 Covid-19 patients have so far recovered, up 14,633 from Thursday.
Some 157.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, including 70.5 million second shots and 9.1 million third shots, have been administered, according to the ministry.
Vietnam has by far gone through four coronavirus waves of increasing scale, complication, and infectivity.
As of Friday, the country has registered over 1.85 million locally transmitted Covid-19 cases since the start of the current wave in late April, the ministry said. - Xinhua
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