Vietnam confirms 16,278 new coronavirus infections as Hanoi registers record 2,723 cases

A teenage girl getting her Covid-19 vaccine shot from a medical officer at the central province of Quang Tri. - VIetnam News/ANN

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