The Ministry of Health registered 11,172 coronavirus cases in Vietnam on Monday, along with 11,200 discharged patients and 381 fatalities.
Thirty-five provinces and cities confirmed 11,168 domestic cases whereas the country recorded four separate imported infections, the health ministry said.
The ministry had logged 12,017 locally-infected patients on Sunday.
More than 5,900 of the latest domestic cases were detected in the community, with the remaining found in sectioned-off areas or centralized quarantine facilities.
Ho Chi Minh City documented 5,446 local infections, Binh Duong Province 3,651, Dong Nai Province 768, Long An Province 327, Tien Giang Province 161, Tay Ninh Province 142, Can Tho City 68, Hanoi 41, and Da Nang 13.
Vietnam has confirmed 620,165 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth – and worst – virus wave emerged in the country on April 27.
Ho Chi Minh City tops the list with 303,475 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 160,669, Dong Nai Province with 35,584, Long An Province with 28,486, Tien Giang Province with 12,366, Dong Thap Province with 7,891, Khanh Hoa Province with 7,309, Da Nang with 4,824, Hanoi with 4,053, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province with 3,901.
By comparison, Vietnam confirmed a combined 1,570 locally-transmitted infections in the previous three waves.
The health ministry announced 11,200 recoveries on Monday, taking the total to 385,778.
The toll has surged to 15,660 deaths after the ministry documented 381 fatalities on the same day, including 228 in Ho Chi Minh City, 52 in Dong Thap Province, and 32 in Binh Duong Province.
Vietnam has logged 624,547 patients since the COVID-19 pandemic first struck it early last year.
Health workers have given around 29.2 million vaccine doses, including 1,066,948 shots on Sunday, since vaccination was rolled out on March 8.
More than 5.3 million people have been fully vaccinated.
Health authorities aim to immunize at least two-thirds of a population of nearly 98 million people against COVID-19 by the first quarter of next year.
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