Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded 16,040cases of COVID-19, including 14 imported ones, during 24 hours from 4pm January13 to 4pm January 14, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with 3,029 cases,followed by Da Nang with 765 and Binh Dinh with 711.
The national tally reached 1,991,484, including 50 infections of Omicron.
Also on January 14, the country saw 171 deaths from the disease. The death tollnow hits 35,341.
A total 4,290 patients were given the all-clear on the day, taking the totalnumber of recoveries to 1,666,220.
According to the Ministry of Health’s report, 5,481 patients nationwide are inserious conditions, with 889 requiring invasive ventilation and 20 on lifesupport (ECMO).
By January 13, the country had injected over 165.52million doses of vaccines, with more than 71.94 million people nowfully inoculated, while over 15.04 million third shots, either booster shots orthe third shot of Abdala vaccine, have been administered./.
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