Vietnam reports 141,151 new Covid-19 cases and infection total now nearing 8 million as of Sunday (March 20)

A health worker preparing to administer the Covid-19 vaccine to workers at an industrial park in Bac Giang Province on Sunday (March 20, 2022). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, March 20 (Xinhua): Vietnam reported 141,151 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, down 9,467 cases from Saturday, according to its Ministry of Health.

The new infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 141,149 domestically transmitted and two imported cases.

Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the epidemic hotspot with 19,065 cases on Sunday, followed by central Nghe An province with 9,333 cases, and northern Phu Tho province with 5,747 cases.

On the same day, health authorities also documented 25,056 Covid-19 cases detected earlier in northern Vinh Phuc province.

The infections brought the total tally to 7,958,048, with 41,880 deaths.

Nationwide, 4,103,028 Covid-19 patients, or 52 percent of the infections, have recovered.

Around 201.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the country, including 184.6 million shots on people aged 18 and above, said the ministry.

Vietnam has gone through four coronavirus waves of increasing scale, complication, and infectivity.

As of Sunday, it has registered over 7.95 million locally transmitted Covid-19 cases since the start of the current wave in April 2021, said the health ministry. - Xinhua