Additional 164,596 COVID-19 cases reported on March 9

Collecting sample for testing (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 164,596 new
COVID-19 cases, including 20 imported infections, in the past 24 hours to 4pm
on March 9, the announced.

The capital city of Hanoi continued to log the highest
number of infections with 31,365 cases.

It was followed by central Nghe An and northern Bac
Ninh provinces, with 10,296 and 9,068 , respectively.

The new brought the country’s total caseload
since the pandemic broke out to 5,042,036.

Also on March 9, 65,872 patients were declared to be
free from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, lifting the total number of recoveries
2,855,214.

Meanwhile, 109 fatalities were reported, raising the
death toll to 41,086, equivalent to 0.9 percent of the total infections.

More than 198.64 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
have been administered to date./.