COVID-19: National caseload rises by 9,472 on September 23
11:02 24/09/2021
- 24 HRS Medical
An additional 9,472 COVID-19 infections were recorded, including 7 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 23, according to the Ministry of Health.
Ho Chi Minh City, which is the country’s current largest pandemic hotspot, continued to report the highest number of infections with 5,052 cases, down 383 cases from the previous day. It was followed by neighbouring Binh Duong province (2,764, down 1,415 cases), Dong Nai (760, down 170 cases) and Long An (190). The capital city of Hanoi logged 5 cases during the day.
The country has to date logged 7278,435 COVID-19 cases.
A total of 6,226 patients were given the all-clear on September 21, raising the total number of recoveries to 493,488.
The death toll rose to 18,017 after an additional 236 deaths were announced on the same day.
As of the end of September 22, over 36.15 million doses of vaccine were given to people so far, including more than 29 million first shots and 7.05 million second jabs.
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