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Vietnam logs additional 603 domestic COVID-19 cases

Vietnam recorded 609 new COVID-19 cases, including 603 domestic and six imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on July 12, the Ministry of Health announced.
Vietnam logs additional 603 domestic COVID-19 cases ảnh 1At a locked-down area in Can Tho city (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamrecorded 609 new COVID-19 cases, including 603 domestic and six imported, inthe past six hours to 6pm on July 12, the Ministry of Health announced.

Most of the domestic cases weredetected in Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s currently largest pandemic hotspot,with 341 infections.

The remainders were found in BinhDuong (128), Khanh Hoa (31), Tien Giang (26), Phu Yen (17), Da Nang (140), TraVinh (8), Hau Giang (8), Quang Ngai (7), Soc Trang (4), Bac Ninh (4), An Giang(3), Hanoi (3), Thanh Hoa (2), Dong Thap (2), Nam Dinh (2), Binh Phuoc (2) andDak Nong (1).

The new cases brought thetotal number of infections detected on July 12 to 2,383, including 2,367domestic and 16 imported.

By 7pm on July 12, the countryhad logged 30,259 domestic infections and 1,940 imported cases.

Fifty-six patients were giventhe all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on the same day, raising the total number ofrecoveries to 9,331 while the death toll related to the disease was 123.

Among active patients, 339have tested negative to the virus once, 130 twice and 70 thrice.

As many as 4,051,585 doses ofCOVID-19 vaccines had been administered to people in priority groups, including3,774,138 persons getting one shot and 277,447 fully receiving two jabs./.
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