Daily COVID-19 deaths fall to record low of 21 in Vietnam
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 21 COVID-19 related deaths in 13 localities in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, a record low since August 2021.
Of the total, four fatalities were reported in Kien Giang, two each in Cao Bang, Soc Trang, Thai Binh, Ho Chi Minh City and Vinh Long, and one each in Bac Giang, Bac Kan, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai and Lam Dong.
On average, 34 fatalities were recorded daily in the past week.
The April 7 figure has raised the total cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in Vietnam to 42,733, ranking 24th among 227 countries and territories worldwide.
The same day, the MoH announced 45,886 fresh infections, a fall of 3,240 cases compared to the previous day.
Apart from two imported cases, the remainder were all locally transmitted, including 33,715 cases documented in the community.
Hanoi capital took the lead, registering 3,635 cases, followed by Bac Giang, Phu Tho and Yen Bai that reported more than 2,000 cases each.
Two provinces - Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Gia Lai – registered to add more than 44,000 cases to the national COVID-19 database after reviewing their data.
As of 06pm on April 7, Vietnam has confirmed 10,070,692 COVID-19 cases since the start of the outbreak, ranking 12th out of 227 countries and territories worldwide. Of the infected patients, nearly 8.4 million have recovered from the virus.
Nearly 208 million vaccine doses have been administered nationwide.