Vietnam recorded 609 new COVID-19 cases, including 603 domestic and six imported, in the past six hours to 6pm on July 12, the Ministry of Health announced.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamrecorded 609 new COVID-19 cases, including 603 domestic and six imported, inthe past six hours to 6pm on July 12, the Ministry of Health announced.
Most of the domestic cases weredetected in Ho Chi Minh City – the country’s currently largest pandemic hotspot,with 341 infections.
The remainders were found in BinhDuong (128), Khanh Hoa (31), Tien Giang (26), Phu Yen (17), Da Nang (140), TraVinh (8), Hau Giang (8), Quang Ngai (7), Soc Trang (4), Bac Ninh (4), An Giang(3), Hanoi (3), Thanh Hoa (2), Dong Thap (2), Nam Dinh (2), Binh Phuoc (2) andDak Nong (1).
The new cases brought thetotal number of infections detected on July 12 to 2,383, including 2,367domestic and 16 imported.
By 7pm on July 12, the countryhad logged 30,259 domestic infections and 1,940 imported cases.
Fifty-six patients were giventhe all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on the same day, raising the total number ofrecoveries to 9,331 while the death toll related to the disease was 123.
Among active patients, 339have tested negative to the virus once, 130 twice and 70 thrice.
As many as 4,051,585 doses ofCOVID-19 vaccines had been administered to people in priority groups, including3,774,138 persons getting one shot and 277,447 fully receiving two jabs./.
In the past 12 hours to 6 am on July 11, Vietnam recorded 607 new COVID-19 cases, raising the national tally to 26,553 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
During the six hours to noon of July 11, Vietnam recorded 633 cases of COVID-19, including one imported in Ba Ria Vung Tau, according to the Ministry of Health
An additional 1,112 cases of COVID-19, including seven imported ones, were confirmed in the six hours to 12:30 pm July 12, raising the national tally to 31,590, according to the Health Ministry.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
At a locked-down area in Can Tho city (Photo: VNA) 
