They comprise 1,769 in Ho Chi Minh City; 124 in Binh Duong, 43 in Dong Nai; 42in Vinh Long, 41 in Dong Thap, 34 in Ben Tre, 22 in Khanh Hoa; seven in Binh Phuoc,six in Soc Trang, four in Can Tho, three in An Giang, two each in Hanoi, BacNinh and Binh Dinh, one each in Phu Yen, Lam Dong, Dak Nong and Gia Lai.
Of the new cases, 1,680were detected inside quarantined or locked down areas.
The country has so far seen 44,284 domesticinfections and 2,008 imported ones. The number of infections reported since thefourth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks hit Vietnam late April amounted to 42,714, 7,246of whom have been given the all-clear. The total recoveries reached 10,020.
Twelve localities have gone through two weeks without new infections inthe community.
Among patients undertreatment, 267 patients have tested negative to the coronavirus once, 116 twiceand 118 thrice.
A total of 4,233,896 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administerednationwide so far, with 298,177 people fully vaccinated with two shots./.