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Additional 103,126 COVID-19 cases recorded in Vietnam on March 26

Vietnam reported 103,126 new COVID-19 infections, including two imported cases, on March 26, the Ministry of Health announced.
Additional 103,126 COVID-19 cases recorded in Vietnam on March 26 ảnh 1A woman gets vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamreported 103,126 new COVID-19 infections, including two imported cases, on March26, the Ministry of Health announced.

The capital city of Hanoicontinued to log the highest number of infections, with 9,623.

It was followed by northernPhu Tho and central Nghe An provinces, with 4,679 and 4,362 cases, respectively.

Also on March 26, the northernprovince of Nam Dinh registered an additional 55,179 infections.

The new infectionsbrought the country’s total caseload to 8,919,557, ranking 121st among 225countries and territories in the world.

As many as 164,553patients were declared to be free from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on the day, raisingthe total number of recoveries to 5,166,117.

Meanwhile, 62 fatalities wererecorded, lifting the national death toll to 42,258, accounting for 0.5 percentof the total infections.

More than 204.86 milliondoses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Vietnam so far./.

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