Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported an additional 14,929 COVID-19 infections,including 37 imported cases, on January 28, according to the Ministry ofHealth.

Thecapital city of Hanoi again recorded the highest number of dailytransmissions nationwide, with 2,885 cases. 

Amongthe new cases, 10,422 new transmissions were detected in thecommunity.

Totalcases since the start of the pandemic now stand at 2,218,137, of which2,211,243 are the result of the fourth wave that started in lateApril 2021.

BehindHanoi, northern Bac Ninh province recorded 1,013 cases and central Da Nang citylogged 886 infections.

The numberof COVID-19 related fatalities announced on the day was 141.

Thecountry’s COVID-19 death toll is now 37,432 cases, about 1.7 percentof the total infections.

Thereare 4,147 COVID-19 patients nationwide in seriouscondition, with 533 requiring invasive ventilation and 18 onlife support.

Afurther 4,633 patients were given the all-clear on January 28, bringingthe total number of recoveries to 1,950,244. 

Atotal of 785,008 doses of vaccine were administered in Vietnam on thesame day.

Morethan 74 million people in the country have now been fullyinoculated, while around  79 million people have received at leastone dose of vaccine. 27 million people have been boosted with a thirddose./.