COVID-19: New cases top 13,998 on Saturday
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 13,998 cases of COVID-19 in 57 localities during 24 hours as of 4pm Saturday, including 5 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Ho Chi Minh City continued to record the highest number of infections with 1,636, followed by Can Tho with 998 and Tay Ninh with 787. So far, Vietnam has reported 1,294,778 COVID-19 infections.
On Saturday, Vietnam saw 203 deaths from the disease. The death toll now hits 24,118.
Additional 1,107 patients fully recovered bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,007,566.
By December 3, the country had injected over 126.84 million doses of vaccines to date, with more than 53.69 million people now fully inoculated.