HANOI, May 19 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 31 new COVID-19 cases from 6.00 p.m. local time yesterday, to 6.00 a.m. today, including 30 locally transmitted and one imported, raising the total confirmed cases in the country to 4,543, according to the Ministry of Health.
Among the community cases, 16 were detected in the northern Bac Ninh province, 10 in the northern Bac Giang province, three in the northern Lang Son province and one in the southern Ho Chi Minh City.
Most of them are contacts of previously confirmed patients, or linked to the clusters of infections in the localities.
The imported case is a foreign expert who recently entered the country from abroad and was quarantined upon arrival.
As many as 2,687 patients have so far recovered, and over 121,000 people are being quarantined and monitored. By yesterday, more than one million vaccine doses were administered for people working on the frontline, the health ministry said.
As of this morning, Vietnam recorded a total of 3,072 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 1,502 detected since the start of the latest outbreak, in late Apr, according to the ministry.– NNN-VNA
