Collecting samples for testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – An additional 11,692 COVID-19
infections, including 5 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on
September 21, the Ministry of Health announced.
Ho Chi Minh City, which is the country’s current
largest pandemic hotspot, continued to report
the highest number of infections with 6,521 cases. It was followed by
neighbouring Binh Duong province (3,609), Dong Nai (590) and Long An (254).
The country has to date logged 707,436 COVID-19
cases.
A total of 11,017 patients were given the all-clear
from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on September 21, raising the total number of
recoveries to 475,343.
The death toll rose to 17,545 after an additional
240 deaths were announced on the same day.
As of the end of September 20, over 35 million doses
of s were given to people so far, including more than 28.28 million
first shots and 6.78 million second jabs./.
Source: VietnamPlus
