COVID-19: 407 new cases, 87 recoveries reported on Wednesday

(VOVWORLD) - From 12 noon to 6pm on Wednesday, Vietnam reported 60 new cases of COVID-19. They include 3 imported cases in Tay Ninh and 57 locally-transmitted cases in Ho Chi Minh City (20), Bac Giang (19), Bac Ninh (12), Hanoi (4), Lang Son (1), and Tan Trieu Cancer K Hospital (1). All cases were detected in quarantine or lockdown areas.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son monitors severe cases at Bac Giang Lung Hospital (Photo: Ministry of Health)

From 6 am to 6 pm on Wednesday, Vietnam documented an additional 407 cases of COVID-19.

During the day, the Ministry of Health also announced that 87 more patients have been cured.

Vietnam’s COVID-19 infection tally has so far reached 9,565, in which, 7,954 cases were recorded in the community, 3,636 cases have recovered, and 55 patients have died.