Additional 2,197 COVID-19 infections logged in Vietnam

Vaccinating a pupil against COVID-19 a the Tan Linh primary school in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –Vietnam recorded 2,197 new COVID-19 cases on August 27, according to theMinistry of Health.

The new infections brought the country’s total caseloadto 11,401,597.

A total of 13,939 patients were declared to recoverfrom the disease, lifting the total number of recoveries to 10,140,204.

Meanwhile, the death toll from the disease rose to43,111, accounting for 0.4% of the total infections, after a fatality wasreported in the northern province of Ninh Binh on August 27.

So far, more than 255.56 million doses of COVID-19vaccines have been administered in the country./.

VNA