Samples for testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged 81 locally-transmitted
cases of COVID-19 in the past 12 hours to 6am on June 18, raising the national
count to 12,231, according to the Health Ministry.
Among the s, 60 were
found in Ho Chi Minh City and 21 in Bac Giang. Of them, 76 were detected in
quarantine or blocked areas.
So far, the country documented 10,564 and 1,667 imported
ones.
The number of cases since the fourth wave of the pandemic began on April 27 was
8,994.
The ministry said as many as 4,653 patients have been given the all-clear so far,
while the death toll remained at 61.
Among active patients under treatment at hospitals, 407 have tested negative
for SARS-CoV-2 once,
114 twice and 65 thrice.
Twenty-five provinces have gone through 14 days without detecting new cases.
Since April 29, over 5.1 million people across the country
have received COVID-19 testing.
On June 17, additional 200,263 people in 50 provinces and cities were
vaccinated against COVID-19. A total of nearly 2 million vaccine doses have
been injected to date, with 89,833 people getting full two shots./.
Source: VietnamPlus
