Health workers are preparing samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 71 more
COVID-19 infections, including one imported case, in the last 12 hours to 6am
on June 15, according to the Ministry of Health.
Among the locally-transmitted cases, 28 infections were detected in Bac Giang
province, 23 in Ho Chi Minh City, and 19 in Bac Ninh province.
The figure raised the national tally to 10,881, including 9,238 local infections
and 1,643 s. The number of cases since the fourth wave
hit the country on April 27 was 7,668.
The ministry said as many as 4,236 patients have been given the all-clear from
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so far, while the death toll was 61.
Among active patients undergoing treatment in
hospitals, 431 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 72 twice and 73 thrice.
Twenty-three provinces have gone through 14
consecutive days without new cases.
As many as 182,462 people who had
close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered from pandemic-hit
regions are currently quarantined across the country, including 2,045 in
hospitals, 36,846 in concentrated quarantine establishments and the remainders
at their places of residence.
On June 14, an additional 45,328 people in 19
provinces and cities were vaccinated against COVID-19. Over 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been injected to date. The number of people fully got two
shots was 59,608./.
Source: VietnamPlus
