Vietnam reports 11,594 new Covid-19 cases as total goes above 2.3 million infections on Friday (Feb 4)

A medic takes samples for Covid-19 testing for a resident in central Thanh Hoa City. 277 new infections were recorded in the city on Friday. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Feb. 4 (Xinhua): Vietnam reported 11,594 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 11,586 locally transmitted and eight imported, according to its Ministry of Health.

The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of infections on Friday with 2,756 cases, followed by northern Nam Dinh province with 620 cases and central Quang Nam province with 594 cases.