Hanoi (VNA) –Thirty-four new cases of COVID-19, including 33 local infections and oneimported, were recorded in Vietnam in the 12 hours as of 6am on May 12,according to the Ministry of Health.
The imported case, a24-year-old Vietnamese man returning from Russia, has been quarantined uponarrival in the central city of Da Nang.
Among the domestic cases,four are at the Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, 13 in VinhPhuc province, seven in Da Nang, six in Bac Giang province, and one in Lang Sonprovince, Hanoi, and Nam Dinh province each.
All the locally infectedpatients are in quarantined sites or sealed-off areas, and there are no newhotbeds.
The COVID-19 tally in Vietnamstood at 3,571 as of 6am on May 12.
So far, up to 2,618 patientshave recovered. Among those still under treatment, 25 have tested negative forthe coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 17 others twice, and 25 thrice, said theministry’s Department of Medical Service Administration.
There are 67,877 people underquarantine nationwide at present.
On May 11, an additional20,732 people in 36 provinces and cities were vaccinated against COVID-19,raising the total getting the jabs to 887,705 as of 4pm on the day./.