Vietnam records 41,980 new COVID-19 cases on Feb. 19

The
capital city of Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections
nationwide with 4,869 cases, followed by northern Bac Ninh province with 3,040 and northern Quang
Ninh province with 1,990.

The
national case tally has now reached 2,740,293 since the start of the pandemic.

There
are 3,017 patients in critical condition while an additional
65 deaths were recorded, taking the number of COVID-related
fatalities to 39,423.

A
total of 6,840 patients were given the all-clear on the day, taking the total number
of recoveries to 2,268,020.

As
many as 190,919,218 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered
nationwide since the start of the pandemic./.