A medical worker conducts COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA)
Among the new cases, 69 were found in Bac Giang, which is the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot; 29 in Ho Chi Minh City, 15 in Bac Ninh, three in Ha Tinh, and one each in Hanoi and Lang Son.

So far, Vietnam has logged 9,356 domestic infections and 1,643 imported cases. The number of COVID-19 cases since April 27, when the latest outbreak began, amounted to 7,786. The death toll remained at 61.

Twenty-three provinces have gone through 14 consecutive days without new cases.