Vietnam’s COVID-19 caseload now stands at 826,837, of which 822,238 are reported since the fourth wave of infections began in late April.

Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong, the two largest hotspots in the country in recent months, continued to record the highest daily case count at 1,730 and 840 respectively.
Among the new cases, only three were imported and the rest were local transmissions. A total of 1,986 new infections were recorded in the community.
An additional 120 COVID-19-related deaths were announced the same day.
More than 1,400 patients fully recovered on Thursday, bringing the total numbers of recoveries to 758,488.
Almost 50 million vaccine doses have been administered in Vietnam to date, with over 12 million people fully inoculated.