Daily tally drops by over 1,600 on first day of Lunar New Year
VOV.VN - A further 11,023 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on February 1, the first day of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, marking a sharp fall of 1,626 from the previous day.
Of the latest cases, 7,303 were found within the local community and 12 were imported.
Hanoi tops the daily case list with 2,705 new cases, followed by Da Nang city with 783, and Hai Phong with 496.
Furthermore, a total of 39,608 COVID-19 patients were announced to have recovered on the same day, bringing the total number of recovered cases to up 2,062,058.
More than 181.43 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered so far, including over 79.07 million as part of the first dose, more than 74.16 million for the second jab, and over 28.1 million as part of the third inoculation.
The country has so far detected 185 COVID-19 infections related to the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, mostly in Ho Chi Minh City with 92 cases.
Discussing the rapid vaccination campaign over the Lunar New Year festival which is taking place nationwide, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long affirmed that vaccines remain key to bringing life back to normal.
According to the Minister of Health, the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country is showing positive signs, with the mortality rate witnessing a decline.
Implementing the Government's Resolution 128 on safe and flexible adaptation and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health has switched to a risk management method that is in line with the general trend of anti-pandemic measures being taking globally.
Most notably, after providing home COVID-19 treatment for mild F0 cases, the medical examination and treatment system is to reduce in load and take measures to reduce the mortality rate, he added.