COVID-19: 68 new cases recorded, caseload surpasses 10,000
VOV.VN - Vietnam has logged an additional 68 locally acquired coronavirus cases during the past 12 hours, raising its national running count of infections to 10,048, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on June 12 morning.
Bac Giang province, which is close to the Hanoi capital, detected 29 cases, followed by Ho Chi Minh City (20), Tien Giang (10), Bac Ninh (8) and Lang Son (1).
Sixty-four cases were documented in quarantine and lockdown areas, thus posing no risk to the community, the MoH said in its 06.00am COVID-19 update.
The remaining four cases are under investigation as the source of infection remains unknown.
The MoH said the outbreak has reached its peak in Bac Giang, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot, and it aimed to stabilize the situation there before June 21.
Meanwhile, the outbreak remains complicated in Ho Chi Minh City though the chain of transmission at the Revival Ekklesia Mission Vietnam, a Christian congregation in Go Vap district has been kept in check.
Several cases have been sporadically detected in the city and the source of infection is yet to be identified.
The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which started in late April has attacked 39 cities and provinces across the country, with 6,848 cases confirmed.
Overall, Vietnam has logged a total of 10,048 cases, both locally transmitted and imported infections, since the SARS – CoV - 2 virus emerged in January 2020.
Fifty-seven COVID-19 deaths have been reported, including 22 cases during the latest outbreak.
More than 3,800 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the disease.