Vietnam records 8,429 new COVID-19 cases on August 3

Fifty-two
of them were imported cases and the remaining 8,377 were domestic.

Ho
Chi Minh City recorded the most with 4,171 cases, followed by neighbouring Binh
Duong province with 1,606, and Long An with 566.

Other
localities that reported new cases included Dong Nai (364), Tay Ninh (298), Khanh
Hoa (189), Dong Thap (141), Can Tho (120), Ben Tre (98), Hanoi (98), Ba Ria – Vung
Tau (81), Vinh Long (72), Binh Thuan (72), Da Nang (66), Phu Yen (60), Gia Lai
(39), Soc Trang (33), Tra Vinh (33), Dak Lak (29), Ninh Thuan (29), An Giang
(26), Quang Ngai (23), Binh Dinh (18), Dak Nong (16), Kien Giang (16), Hau
Giang (16), Nghe An (12), Quang Nam (12), Thua Thien Hue (9), Lao Cai (8 ), Ha
Tinh (7), Ninh Binh (7), Bac Lieu (6), Binh Phuoc (5), Quang Tri (4), Kon Tum
(4), Phu Tho (3), Son La (3), Hai Duong (3), Thanh Hoa (3), Quang Binh (3), Dien
Bien (2), Vinh Phuc (2), Bac Giang (2), Hung Yen (1) and Ca Mau (1).

A
total of 1,570 cases were detected in the community.

As
many as 3,866 patients were given the all-clear on the same day, meaning 50,831
people have recovered from the disease so far.

Nearly
seven million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far.

Four
out of 63 provinces and cities have not seen any new cases for the past 14
days including Yen Bai, Quang Ninh, Bac Kan and Thai Binh.

The
Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for
Prevention and Control on August 3 also announced 190 more fatalities related
to COVID-19.

The
country has now recorded 2,071 deaths related to the disease./.