(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam recorded 9,605 cases of COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, bringing the country's total count to nearly 300,000, according to the Health Ministry.
 COVID-19 testing in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. |
Of the latest cases, nearly 3,600 were in HCM city and more than 3,000 in its neighboring Binh Duong province.
The remainder were detected in a number of localities across Vietnam including Hanoi (61 cases).
The same day, 331 more coronavirus-related deaths were confirmed.
More than 110,000 COVID-19 patients in Vietnam have fully recovered so far.