(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health said that from 4 p.m. on Tuesday to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 11,811 new infections were recorded in Vietnam. Of them, 22 cases were imported and 11,789 cases were recorded domestically in 59 provinces and cities.
 Medical staff taking samples for COVID-19 testing. (Photo: Huynh Anh/VNA)
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During the day, there were 25,951 recoveries, 2.5 times higher than the number of new cases; 125 patients died.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Vietnam has recorded a total of 1,155,778 infections, ranking 37 out of 223 countries and territories, while with the ratio of infections per 1 million people, Vietnam ranks 150 out of 223 countries and territories (on average, there are 11,728 infections for every 1 million people).
Since Hanoi began vaccinating people aged 15 to 17 against COVID-19 on Tuesday, more than 133,000 doeses of Pfizer vaccine has been administered in the past two days.