Vietnam reports 72,556 new Covid-19 cases as total cases goes above 9.6 million on Friday (April 1)

A security officer is checking a customer's body temperature before entering a supermarket in the northern province of Vĩnh Phuc. - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, April 1 (Xinhua): Vietnam reported 72,556 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, down 8,282 cases from Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health.

The new infections, logged in 62 localities nationwide, included 72,555 domestically transmitted and one imported.