Health workers at the house of a patient under home treatment in Tam Hiep commune of Hanoi’s Thanh Tri district (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 16,377 cases of COVID-19 in 62 localities during 24
hours from 4pm December 22 to 4pm December 23, including 10 imported cases, according
to the .
Hanoi recorded
the highest number of infections with 1,774, followed by Ca Mau with 1,167 and Tay
Ninh with 949.
The national tally reached 1,604,712.
According to the Ministry of Health’s report, 7,493 patients
nationwide are in serious conditions, with 882 requiring invasive
ventilation and 18 on life support ().
On the day, the country saw 280 deaths from the
disease. The death toll now hits 30,531 equal to 1.9 percent of the total
caseload.
A further 10,944 patients were given the all-clear, taking the total number of
recoveries to 1,184,428.
By December 22, the country had injected over 142.34
million doses of vaccines to date, with more than 64.1 million people
now fully inoculated, while over 1.7 million third shots, either booster shots
or the third shot of Abdala vaccine have been administered./.
Source: VietnamPlus
