Medical workers take samples of pupils at Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School in for testing (Photo: VNA) 263 domestic infections, in the past 12 hours to 6am on July 4, the Ministry of
Health said.
Most of the
domestic infections were detected in the southern largest hub of Ho Chi Minh
City, with 217 cases. The remainders were found in Phu Yen (17), Long An (15),
Khanh Hoa (9), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (2), Dong Thap (2) and An Giang (1).
The new infections
brought the national count to 19,310, including 17,462 domestic and 1,848
imported cases. The number of locally-transmitted cases since the fourth wave
of outbreaks hit the country on April 27 amounted to 15,892.
Among active
patients undergoing treatment, 313 have tested negative to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
once, 132 twice and 74 thrice.
A total of 7,643
patients have been free from the virus while the death toll related to the
disease was 84.
Up to 240,924
people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from
pandemic-hit regions are currently quarantined across the country, including
2,114 in hospitals, 54,219 in state-designated establishments and 184,491 at
their places of residence.
By 5:00pm on
July 3, Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine fund had received 8,041 billion VND (350.78
million USD).
The sum was
contributed by 358,572 organisations and individuals both at home and abroad./.
Source: VietnamPlus
