(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health reported 15,270 new cases of COVID-19 in 60 provinces and cities across the country on Thursday.
The three localities with the highest numbers of transmissions were the southernmost province of Ca Mau with 1,339, Ho Chi Minh City with 1,175, and Tay Ninh province with 932.
The new infections bring Vietnam’s COVID-19 tally since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,493,237, including 1,487,788 in the fourth wave starting late April.
The capital city of Hanoi recorded 423 new cases.
Three of the new infections were imported, with 9,888 cases detected in the community.
Health authorities also announced 241 COVID-19 related deaths, raising the nation's death toll since the pandemic started last year to 28,857.
A total of 1,033 patients recovered on Thursday, pushing the total number of recoveries to 1,064,461.
Over 59 million people have been fully vaccinated in the country so far.