Vietnam reports 8,758 new COVID-19 infections, over 23,500 recoveries

Residents of Thanh Xuan district, a COVID-19 outbreak in Hanoi, return home after concentrated quaratine period (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded an additional 8,758
COVID-19 infections, including 14 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm
on September 29, according to the .
 
Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s current largest
pandemic hotspot, reported the highest number of infections with 4,699 cases,
followed by neighbouring Binh Duong province (2,389), Dong Nai (899), Long An
(132) and Soc Trang (112). The capital city reported four cases.
 
The country has to date logged 779,398
cases.

A total of 23,568 patients were given the all-clear on September 29, raising
the number of recoveries to 583,509.

As many as 162 deaths related to the pandemic were announced on the day,
raising the tally to 19,098.

On September 28, 1,097,044 doses of were injected, bringing
the total so far to 41,153,041./.