(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 162,435 new infections of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Hanoi reported the highest number of infections (32,650), followed by Nghe An province (15,292) and Phu Tho province (4,882).
The ministry also announced another 86 coronavirus-related deaths, raising the nation's COVID death toll so far to 40,977, or 0.9% of all infections.
2,789,342 patients have recovered.
Around 75.8 million people of Vietnam's 96-million population have been vaccinated with two doses of COVId-19 vaccines, including 67.6 million adults and more than 8.2 million children aged 12-17.