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The new infections included 6 imported cases and 180,552 domestically cases in 62 cities and provinces.

So far, Vietnam has reported 6,820,458 COVID-19 infections.

Also on Wednesday, 167,163 patients fully recovered raising the total recoveries to 3,547,488. In the last 24 hours, 62 people died of COVID-19.

By Wednesday, Vietnam had administered 200.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.