Additional 1,336 COVID-19 infections logged on October 19

A medical staff performs COVID-19 vaccination (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi
(VNA) – Vietnam reported 1,336 new COVID-19 cases on October 19, according to
the .

The new lifted
the country’s total number of COVID-19 cases to 11,495,231.

Also on the day,
365 patients were declared to be free from SARS-CoV-2, raising the
total number of recoveries to 10,599,925.

Meanwhile, the
death toll rose to 43,159 as one fatality was recorded in the Mekong Delta
province of Soc Trang.

More than 260.8
million doses of vaccines have been administered in the country so
far./.