Nearly 3,100 new COVID-19 cases reported on July 18 morning

According to the ministry, the newly detected infections include 2,454 locally
infected cases. They were recorded in Ho Chi Minh City (1,756), Binh Duong
(281), Dong Nai (75), Long An (48), Tay Ninh (42), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (41), Vinh
Long (38), Dong Thap (36) ), Tien Giang (31), Khanh Hoa (29), Ben Tre (17), Phu
Yen (16), Can Tho (12), Kien Giang (10), Hanoi (9), Binh Dinh (4), Soc Trang
(3), An Giang (3), Bac Ninh (1), Dak Nong (1), and Bac Giang (1).

Of these,
2,226 cases were detected in quarantine or locked down areas.

By 6am on July 18, Vietnam recorded 51,002 cases, including 48,964
domestic infections and 2,038 imported ones. The number of infections reported
since the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks hit Vietnam late April amounted to
47,394, 7,538 of whom have been given the all-clear. The total
reached 10,312.

Among the active patients, 267 tested negative for
the coronavirus once, 116 twice and 118 thrice.

Twelve localities have gone through two weeks
without new s in the community./.