HCM City leads national COVID tally on Friday with highest daily increase

HCM City leads national COVID tally on Friday with highest daily increase

HÀ NỘI — HCM City broke its record daily increase of new COVID- 一 九 cases on Friday with  一 四 九 locally-transmitted infections. A day earlier, it reported  一 三 七 cases, according to the Health Ministry. 

Việt Nam confirmed  二 六 四 new cases of COVID- 一 九 on Friday, including five imported and  二 五 九 locally-transmitted infections.

Among the domestic infections,  一 四 九 were found in HCM City,  七 六 in Bắc Giang,  一 六 in Bắc Ninh, 一 二 in Bình Dương, three in Hà Tĩnh, two in Hòa Bình and one in Lào Cai. Of them,  二 三 二 were detected in quarantine or locked down areas.

So far, the country has recorded  一 二, 四 一 四 COVID- 一 九 cases, including  一0, 七 五 五 domestic and  一, 六 六 九 imported infections. The number of cases since the fourth wave of the pandemic began on April  二 七 has reached  九, 一 七 二.

The ministry said as many as  四, 七 三 三 patients have recovered from COVID- 一 九 so far, as  八0 of them were given the all-clear on Friday. Meanwhile the death toll reached  六 二 as the latest death was reported on Friday afternoon.

Twenty-four provinces have gone  一 四 days without detecting new cases.

By Friday evening, nearly two million vaccine doses have been administered, with  八 九, 八 三 三 people fully vaccinated with two shots. About  一 四- 二0 per cent of the vaccinated people experienced post-vaccination reactions, equal to the proportion stated by vaccine producers and the World Health Organization.

Regarding vaccination against COVID- 一 九 for elderly people and people with underlying medical conditions such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, Dương Thị Hồng, deputy director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology said that they were among vulnerable groups facing a high risk of COVID- 一 九 infection, so they needed to get vaccinated. However, the vaccination would be delivered to them only when they were in stable health conditions with health indicators in normal limits, Hồng said.

HCM City’s vaccination drive with nearly  八00,000 vaccine doses donated by Japan to Việt Nam would begin on Saturday. —VNS