(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health said that Vietnam on Wednesday recorded 502 cases of COVID-19, a slight decrease compared to Tuesday.
 A medical worker prepares to give vaccine shots to students in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Kim Dung/ VOV |
Since the onset of the pandemic, Vietnam’s caseload has hit 11,509,975, ranking 13 out of 230 countries and territories, while with the ratio of infections per 1 million people, Vietnam ranks 117.
In the past 24 hours, an additional 143 recoveries were announced, raising the total number of recoveries to 10,606,299. There was 1 death in Can Tho on Wednesday after 9 consecutive days without COVID-19 deaths.
Vietnam has so far administered 262,802,841 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.