Vietnam confirms over 14,000 new infections, more than 36,000 recoveries
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed the addition of 14,362 positive COVID-19 cases in 61 cities and provinces across the nation on January 24, thereby raising the total number of infections to over 2.1 million during the ongoing pandemic wave.
The three localities with the highest number of local cases were Hanoi with 2,801, Da Nang with 958, and Hai Phong with 733 cases.
The Health Ministry also confirmed a further 165 COVID-19 fatalities on the day, thereby taking the nation's death toll up to 36884, or around 1.8% of all infections.
At present, 1,841,180 COVID-19 patients throughout the country have now recovered from the virus following the discharge of 36,331 patients.
Furthermore, more than 73.7 million people have received their second vaccine shots and over 27 million have now received their third.
This comes a day after the southern province of Binh Duong confirmed one imported case of the Omicron variant, as announced by the provincial Department of Health on January 23.
Vietnam has so far detected 139 Omicron cases, all of which were imported with the exception of five local infections.
Meanwhile, students from the seventh to 12th grades in areas at low and medium risk of COVID-19 in Hanoi will return to school on February 8, the municipal administration said on January 24.
The decision has been made for students of those grades to get back to their classes after eight months of studying online following a proposal put forward by Hanoi's Department of Education and Training.
According to the department, the pandemic situation in the capital has been brought under control, while a majority of students have now been vaccinated against COVID-19.