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Vietnam reports 1,381 new COVID-19 cases on August 7

Vietnam logged an additional 1,381 COVID-19 cases on August 7, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam logged an additional1,381 COVID-19 cases on August 7, according to the Ministry of Health.

The new infections brought the country’s total number ofCOVID-19 cases to 11,347,518.

As many as 8,589 patients were declared to free from coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 on the day, lifting the total number of recoveries to 9,973,122.

Meanwhile, the death toll from the disease was kept at43,094 as no fatality was reported on August 7, accounting for 0.4% of thetotal infections.

More than 248.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines haveadministered in the country so far./.
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