COVID-19 cases in Vietnam near 225,000

A dose of vaccine against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam documented an additional 5,149 new
infections, including five imported, from 6:30pm on August 9 to 6am on August
10, raising the national count to 224,894, according to the Ministry of Health.

Of the new cases, , Vietnam’s largest
COVID-19 hotspot, still recorded the biggest number with 2,490 cases, followed
by its neighbouring province of Binh Duong (1,325), Dong Nai (354) and Long An
(313).

As many as 662 cases were detected in the community.

The number of infections since the of outbreaks
hit Vietnam on April 27 reached 220,957.

A total of 75,920 patients have been given the all-clear.

To date, has administered nearly 9.99 million doses
of COVID-19 vaccines. More than 1 million people have received two full
shots./.