Taking samples for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) The new infections brought the number of COVID-19 cases detectedin the past 24 hours to 6,559, including four imported.
Ho Chi Minh City, the current largest pandemic hotspot of thecountry, logged most of the cases, with 4,449 infections.
The remainders were found in Binh Duong (631), Dong Nai (271), Dong Thap (244), Khanh Hoa (147), Tay Ninh (120), Tra Vinh (92), Ben Tre (84), Hanoi (74), Can Tho (71), Phu Yen (64), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (56), Da Nang (50), Binh Thuan (32), Tien Giang (30), Ninh Thuan (25), An Giang (24), Dak Lak (13), Soc Trang (12), Vinh Phuc (12), Quang Nam (11), Hai Duong (6), Hau Giang (6), Thai Nguyen (5), Gia Lai (4), Ninh Binh (4), Ha Giang (3), Binh Phuoc (3), Binh Dinh (2), Thua Thien-Hue (2), Ha Tinh (2), Ca Mau (2) Dak Nong (1), Quang Ngai (1), Quang Tri (1), and Thanh Hoa (1).
By the afternoon of July 28, Vietnam had logged 118,612 domesticCOVID-19 and 2,207 imported cases. The number of locally-transmitted infectionssince the fourth wave of outbreaks hit the country on April 27 amounted to117,042.
As many as 4,511 patients were given the all-clear from coronavirusSARS-CoV-2 on July 28, raising the total number of recoveries so far to 27,457.
The Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committeefor COVID-19 Prevention and Control said 106 patients died of the disease fromJuly 19-26, including 91 fatalities in HCM City, lifting the country’s deathtoll to 630.
More than 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had ministered.Over 450,000 people have fully got two shots.
By 5pm on July 28, Vietnam’s vaccine fund had received 8,345billion VND (around 362.55 million USD) contributed by 488,906 organisationsand individuals./.
VNA
