COVID-19: Vietnam records 11,525 new cases over 24 hours

Vietnam has recorded 11,525 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours till 06.00pm on September 22, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update.

The number of new coronavirus infections has fluctuated wildly over the past few days

Of the new infections, 5,870 cases were detected in the community through test
screening or random testing, two tested positive upon returning to Vietnam from overseas, and the rest were documented in quarantine or lockdown areas.

Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot, registered 5,435, down by 1,086 cases compared to the previous day.

It was followed by Binh Duong, another coronavirus hotspot in the south that recorded 4,179 new cases, up by 570 cases.

Dong Nai province in the south saw an additional 930 cases detected during the day, up by 340 cases.

Hanoi and Son La were the only two northern localities that documented 7 and one infections respectively.

As of 06.00pm on September 22, Vietnam has recorded 718,963 coronavirus cases since the start of the outbreak in January 2020, and 714,497 locally acquired infections following the resurgence of the virus nearly five months ago.

Of the total, 487,262 patients have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the disease, including 11,919 recoveries announced on September 22.

The MoH has also confirmed 236 COVID-19 deaths during the past 24 hours, with HCM City and Binh Duong reporting 181 and 37 fatalities respectively.

The September 22 figure has raised the COVID-19 death toll in Vietnam to 17,781, making up 2.5% of the total number of infections and 0.4% higher than the average death rate globally.

Nearly 35.7 million vaccine doses have been administered nationwide, with 6.9 million people getting full jabs.