Daily infections surge by 12,103 as over 350 fatalities recorded
VOV.VN - The nation’s COVID-19 infection tally rose to 422,469 following an additional 12,103 positive COVID-19 cases detected, with Ho Chi Minh City and its neighbour Binh Duong reporting the highest number of infections with 9,530, said the Ministry of Health on August 28.
The five localities recording a high number of cases behind Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong include Dong Nai (797), Long An (451), Tien Giang (241), Dong Thap (143), and Da Nang (109). The remaining new patients were recorded across 33 other localities.
Of the latest cases recorded nationwide on August 28, a total of 6,468 were found within the community, with the rest being in quarantine zones and areas under lockdown.
The nation has so far registered a total of 2,579 imported and 419,890 domestic infections throughout the pandemic, while the number of recoveries increased to close to 211,000 after 12,375 patients were discharged from hospital after going on to make a full recovery from the virus.
The same day saw the Treatment Subcommittee under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control confirm an additional 352 COVID-19 fatalities in nine localities, raising the death toll regarding the disease to 10,405. This accounts for 2.5% of the total infections and 0.4% higher than the COVID-19 fatality rate in the world.
A total of 304,176 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were inoculated on August 28, pushing up the total number of administered vaccine doses to more than 19 million nationwide.
Meanwhile, Ho Chi Minh City is set to devise a roadmap to gradually reopen the economy, according to new municipal chairman Phan Van Mai.
Over the coming days, the southern city will have a planning unit identify specific solutions to be applied from now to mid-September and beyond.
Depending on how the ongoing outbreak develops, the opening of the economy will be implemented step by step as a means of ensuring the community's safety, he said.
The goals are now to reduce the number of community infections and fatalities, limit the number of cases that require hospitalisation to not overload the healthcare capacity, narrow down the red zones, including areas at very high risk, and expand the green zones (safe areas), Mai said.
Since the start of the latest pandemic wave, the southern metropolis has so far recorded nearly 205,000 local cases and more than 5,100 deaths.
