COVID-19: Daily infections fall to 163,000, 176,000 more patients recover
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed 163,174 coronavirus infections in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, a fall of more than 10,000 cases compared to the previous day.
Of the total, 163,165 cases were locally acquired, with 109,601 cases documented in the community, the MoH said in its coronavirus update released at 06pm on March 18.
Most of the cases were recorded in northern Vietnam, with Hanoi capital topping localities as it registered 23,358 new cases, down 1,733 cases from a day ago.
The capital was followed by Nghe An, Phu Tho, Bac Ninh and Lang Son provinces that reported 9,968, 8,042, 6,488 and 5,011 new infections respectively.
Official data from the MoH show the daily average number of new infections recorded in Vietnam in the past seven days was 170,600.
The past 24 hours saw 175,971 patients recovering from the disease and 57 patients die of the virus and other underlying illnesses.
As of 06pm on March 18, Vietnam has detected 7,367,112 COVID-19 cases since the start of the outbreak, ranking 14th out of 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Of the infected patients, 3,861,959 have been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the disease, and 41,740 patients have died of the virus.
More than 201 million vaccine doses have been administered nationwide.
