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Vietnam records 7,334 new COVID-19 cases on August 7

Vietnam reported 3,540 COVID-19 cases, including one imported, in the past over 12 hours to 6.30pm on August 7, bringing the total number of infection in the day to 7,334, according to the Ministry of Health.
Vietnam records 7,334 new COVID-19 cases on August 7 ảnh 1A sample for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 3,540 COVID-19 cases, including one imported,in the past over 12 hours to 6.30pm on August 7, bringing the total number ofinfections in the day to 7,334, according to the Ministry of Health.

Thedaily figure represented a drop of 987 domestic cases compared to theprevious day.

HCM City still led the country in the number of new patients with 3,930,followed by Binh Duong (822), Dong Nai (709), Long An (367), Ba Ria-VungTau (288), Khanh Hoa (167), Tien Giang (165), Can Tho (141), and Tay Ninh(134).

Out of these domestic cases, 1,281 were reported as communitytransmissions.

As of August 7 afternoon, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Vietnam stoodat 200,715.

As many as 4,305 patients were given the all-clear, increasing the numberof recoveries from COVID-19 nationwide to 66,637.

Nearly 8.53 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have beenadministered as of August 7. More than 7.6 million people have had onedose and over 863,000 two doses./.
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