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COVID-19: New cases on April 5 total 54,995

The number of new COVID-19 cases came to 54,995 in the past 24 hours from 4pm April 4 to 4pm April 5, up 6,280 from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.
COVID-19: New cases on April 5 total 54,995 ảnh 1Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The number of new COVID-19 cases came to 54,995 in thepast 24 hours from 4pm April 4 to 4pm April 5, up 6,280 from the previous day, accordingto the Ministry of Health.  

Hanoi continued to report the highest number ofinfections on the day with 5,199 cases, followed by Nghe An with 2,925 and PhuTho with 2,827.

The national tally reached 9,922,040.

A total 303,455 patients were given the all-clear during theday, raising the number of recoveries to 8,147,290.

There are 2,055 patients in critical conditions, while an additional 39 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours,taking the total fatalities to 42,681, equal to 0.4 percent of the total caseload.  

By April 4, the country had injected 207,023,415doses of COVID-19 vaccines.

Despite the big number of infections due to the highly contagious variantOmicron, the numbers of serious patients and fatalities have dropped stronglythanks to the high vaccine coverage and better treatment./.
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