Vietnam recorded an additional 142,136 COVID-19 infections, including eight
imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 4pm on March 6, the Ministry of Health
announced.
The capital city of Hanoi
continued to log the highest number of infections with 29,578.
It was followed by northern
Bac Ninh and central Nghe An provinces, with 8,355 and 7,579 cases, respectively.
The new infections
brought the country’s total caseload to 4,434,700, ranking 21st among 225
countries and territories across the world.
Another 87 fatalities were
reported on March 6, raising the nation’s death toll to 40,813.
The same day, 65,445
patients were declared to be free from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, lifting the
total number of recoveries to 2,681,447.
More than 197.57 million
doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Vietnam./.
Source: VietnamPlus