Ninety-five new COVID-19 cases raise national count to 16,136
An additional 95 domestically-infected COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 12 hours to 6am on June 29, raising the national tally to 16,136, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Medical staff are taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)Among the new cases, 58 were found in Ho Chi Minh City, 18 in Phu Yen, eight in Long An, four in Bac Giang, three in Ha Tinh, two in Nghe An, and one each in Tra Vinh and Vinh Long. Of them, 89 were detected in quarantine sites and sealed off areas.
To date, Vietnam has logged 14,358 domestic infections and 1,778 imported cases, the MoH said.
Among the active patients undergoing treatment, 319 have tested negative for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 143 twice and 158 thrice. The death toll related to the disease was 76.
Thirteen provinces and cities that were previously hit by the pandemic have gone through 14 consecutive days without new infections.
On June 28, an additional 112,344 people received COVID-19 vaccine shots nationwide. So far, nearly 3.5 million vaccine doses have been injected. The number of people fully getting two shots is 172,944./.
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