Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed 46 domestically-transmitted coronavirus cases on Thursday, with most logged in a hotbed in the northern region.

Thirty-eight of the local infections were documented in Hai Duong Province, two in Quang Ninh Province, four in Gia Lai Province, one in Hanoi, and one in Binh Duong Province.

Vietnam reported the first two domestic infections on January 28, having spent nearly two months detecting no community transmission.

A total of 375 community cases have been recorded since then, according to the health ministry’s data.

Two hundred and seventy-eight patients were logged in Hai Duong, 44 in Quang Ninh, 22 in Hanoi, 18 in Gia Lai, three in Bac Ninh, two in Hoa Binh, five in Binh Duong and one each in Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, and Bac Giang.

Most of the domestically-transmitted infections have been linked to Hai Duong and Quang Ninh, both located in northern Vietnam.

Rapid contact tracing is underway while authorities have managed to put a large number of direct and indirect contacts in quarantine to stem the pathogen.

Targeted lockdowns have helped Vietnam get the upper hand in dealing with this new wave of transmissions.

The health ministry cleared four patients of the coronavirus on Thursday.

The Southeast Asian country has reported 1,957 coronavirus patients as of Thursday night, with 1,465 recoveries and virus-related 35 fatalities, according to the Ministry of Health.

It confirmed 84 local transmissions on January 28, 62 on January 29, 61 on January 30, 31 on January 31, 32 on February 1, 31 on February 2, and 28 on February 3.

Vietnam is quarantining over 65,000 people who got into contact with infected patients or entered the country from virus-hit regions.

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