Vietnam confirms another 3,592 domestic Covid cases

[ASEAN NOW News]

People in Nam Tra My District of central Quang Nam Province are tested for the novel coronavirus on October 26, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh

 

The Ministry of Health announced 3,592 new local Covid-19 cases Tuesday in forty-nine cities and provinces, down twenty-eight against Monday.

 

According to VN Express, Ho Chi Minh City and its neighboring provinces of Binh Duong and Dong Nai account for most cases, at 783, 528, and 481.

 

The ministry also confirmed 64 Covid-19 deaths Tuesday, including twenty-seven in HCMC and fourteen in Binh Duong, raising the nation's death toll since the start of the pandemic to 21,802, a mortality rate of 2.5 percent.

 

So far in the fourth wave that emerged six months ago, 891,389 cases have been confirmed, 807,473 have recovered and 21,767 have died.

 

Until now, 21.8 million of the nation's ninety-six million have been fully vaccinated with two doses.

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