Hanoi continued to report the highest number of infections on the day with 980cases, followed by Phu Tho with 761 and Bac Giang with 539.
The national tally reached 10,544,324.
A total 2,338 COVID-19 patients were given the all clear on April 22, bringingthe number of recoveries so far to 9,079,265.
Thereare 822 patients needing breathing support, while an additional seven deathswere recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 42,998,equal to 0.4 percent of the total caseload.
By April 21, the country had injected 211,284,125 doses of COVID-19 vaccines./.