According to the Ministry of Health, Vietnam reported 12,607 new COVID-19 cases nationwide from 17:00 On August 30 to 17:00 on August 31, including 16 imported cases and 12,591 locally confirmed cases.
Ho Chi Minh City remains the city with the highest number of cases with 5,444 new cases, followed by Binh Duong province with 4,530 new cases and Tong Nai province with 634, Thereafter are respectively from the 138 cases, 123 cases of da nang, xining river province 99 cases, 118 cases, jian jiang province Yi ain 81 cases, 77 cases in Hanoi, city and province 66 cases, 64 cases of bayu vung tau province, smooth province 59 cases, can tho city 53 cases, 47 cases of quang binh, quang ngai 40 cases, tianshun province 25 cases, 23 cases of rich ain, ping fu province 22 cases, 1 an giang province 7 cases, and le province 17 cases, vinh 14 cases, penang Zhi province jiang after 13 cases, 11 cases, binh dinh 8 cases, 8 cases of thanh hoa province, yonglong province 7 cases, rich life of 6 cases, 6 cases ninh thuan province, mountain in liaoning province province 6 cases, 5 cases, 5 cases, 4 cases were lam dong province, and lang son province agriculture province in 4 cases, 3 cases of quang nam province, province of quang tri 3 cases, 3 cases, kun song jia lai province province in 2 cases, 2 cases of tinh province 2 cases in Ninh Binh province and 1 case in Bac Ninh Province. Of these, 7,231 were found in communities.
In the past 24 hours, the number of locally confirmed cases nationwide dropped by 1,628 from the previous day, with 445 down in Ho Chi Minh City, 1,520 down in Binh Duong Province, 143 down in Tong Nai, 63 up in Long An River and seven down in En Giang province.
With 462,096 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak began, Vietnam ranks 59th out of 222 countries and territories.
Vietnam has reported 457,882 new confirmed cases since April 27, of which 236,086 have been discharged from hospital after recovery.
Seven provinces -- Quang Ninh, Beichao, Xuan Kwang, Laizhou, Heping, Anpei and Hejiang -- have seen no new COVID-19 cases for 14 consecutive days.
A total of 10,044 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals nationwide as of Friday, bringing the total number of cured patients to 238,860. Among the patients treated in various medical institutions, there were 6,295 cases of critical illness.
As of August 30, the cumulative death toll of COVID-19 was 11,064, with a fatality rate of 2.5 percent, 0.4 percent higher than the world average.
Within 24 hours, 755,197 people were sampled and tested nationwide. Since April 27, a total of 33,497,696 people have been sampled and tested.
On Wednesday, 244,853 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered. So far, 19,966,724 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.
Reference website: Vietnam+