vaccination (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – A total of 1,550 new COVID-19 cases were reported on May 16, a fall of
46 compared to the previous day, and two deaths.
The latest
numbers bring the total national caseload to 10,698,180 so far.
Among the new
infections, just two were imported and the rest were domestic cases. A total of
1,355 new transmissions were detected in the community.
The capital
city of again recorded the highest number of infections with 437,
followed by northern Bac Ninh and Yen Bai provinces with 98 and 76 cases.
Fifteen
provinces and cities did not report any COVID-19 cases on the day.
The two deaths
bring Vietnam’s to 43,067, accounting for 0.4 percent of
the total cases.
A total of
4,723 patients were also given the all-clear on May 16, taking the total number
of recoveries to 9,359,763.
More than 217
million doses of have been administered in the country to
date, of which more than 2.5 million have been given to children aged 5 to 11./.
Source: VietnamPlus
