Vietnam logs 14,638 new COVID-19 cases on December 12

This
is the highest number of daily cases in the capital since the first
COVID-19 patient was discovered in March 2020. 

The number
of COVID-19 related fatalities reported on the day was 228, including
78 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Total
cases since the start of the pandemic now stand at 1,413,051, of
which 1,407,655 are a result of the fourth wave of infections that
have swept the country since late April.

The
December 12 figure include 17 imported cases; 14,621 infections
were local injections. A total of 9,377 new transmissions were detected
in the community.

HCM City recorded
the highest number of infections with 1,216, followed by Hanoi, and Tay
Ninh at 920.

Vietnam’s
COVID-19 death toll is now 27,839, or 2 percent of total cases.

There
are 7,596 COVID-19 patients nationwide who are in a serious
condition, with 942 requiring invasive ventilation
and 18 on life support.

A
further 1,295 patients were given the all-clear on the day, bringing
the total number of recoveries to 1,054,720. 

Over 57.4 million
people in Vietnam have now been fully inoculated;
nearly 75 million people have received at least one vaccine dose./.