Health workers take care of a COVID-19 patient in Tan Binh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – An additional 9,472 COVID-19 infections, including 7
, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 23, according to the
.
, which is the country’s current
largest pandemic hotspot, continued to report the highest number of
infections with 5,052 cases, down 383 cases from the previous day. It was
followed by neighbouring Binh Duong province (2,764, down 1,415 cases), Dong
Nai (760, down 170 cases) and Long An (190). The capital city of Hanoi
logged 5 cases during the day.
The country has to date logged 7278,435
cases.
A total of 6,226 patients were given the all-clear
on September 21, raising the total number of recoveries to 493,488.
The death toll rose to 18,017 after an additional
236 deaths were announced on the same day.
As of the end of September 22, over 36.15 million
doses of vaccine were given to people so far, including more than 29 million
first shots and 7.05 million second jabs./.
Source: VietnamPlus
