At an area for collecting samples for test (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Additional 42 COVID-19
infections, including five imported ones, were confirmed in the last 12 hours
to 6am on June 24, raising the to 13,989, according to the Ministry
of Health (MoH).
Among the new domestic cases, 26 were found
in Ho Chi Minh City, three each in Thai Binh and Bac Giang, two each in
Tay Ninh and Long An, and one in Khanh Hoa. Of them, 28 were detected in
and sealed off areas.
To date, Vietnam has documented 12,264
locally-infected infections and 1,725 imported ones.
The MoH said 5,684 patients have been
given the all-clear so far, while the death toll was 70.
Among the active patients, 341 have tested negative for the coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 once, 143 twice and 130 thrice.
Sixteen provinces that were hit by the
pandemic have gone through 14 days without new infections.
On June 23, an additional 100,374 people
received COVID-19 vaccine shots nationwide. So far, over 2.6 million vaccine
doses have been injected. The number of people fully getting two shots is 137,682./.
Source: VietnamPlus
