Among those, 45 cases were detected in northern Bac Giangprovince, which is the country’s largest pandemic hotspot, nine in neighbouringBac Ninh province, one in Long An and another in Hai Duong.
The new patients brought the total number of COVID-19 cases inVietnam to 6,964, including 5,462 domestically-transmitted infections, of which3,892 were found since the fourth wave of outbreaks hit the country on April 27.
An additional 54 patients have been given the all clear from coronavirusSARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of recoveries to 2,950, while the death tollrelated to the disease now stands at 47.
Among active patients undergoing treatment at medical establishmentsnationwide, 145 tested negative to the virus once, 66 twice and 70 thrice.
The MoH advised citizens to follow the 5K message, including khau trang (facemask), khu khuan (disinfection),khoang cach (distance), khong tu tap (no gathering), and khai bao y te (healthdeclaration)./.