The Ministry of Health recorded 9,625 more coronavirus cases in Vietnam on Friday, in addition to 1,971 recoveries and 102 deaths.

The latest infections, including eight imported and 9,617 local cases, were logged in 57 provinces and cities, the ministry said, elaborating that 4,995 patients were infected in the community.

Ho Chi Minh City registered 1,339 of the domestic transmissions, Binh Duong Province 661, Tay Ninh Province 599, Dong Nai Province 578, Dong Thap Province 509, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 444, Binh Thuan Province 370, Hanoi 287, Can Tho City 247, Khanh Hoa Province 154, Quang Nam Province 62, Quang Ninh Province 49, Da Nang 26, and Hai Phong one.

Vietnam had documented 10,209 locally-acquired infections on Thursday.

The country has detected 1,070,011 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave flared up on April 27. A total of 880,747 of them have recovered from COVID-19.

Ho Chi Minh City is heavily affected with 454,061 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 246,668, Dong Nai Province with 81,067, Long An Province with 37,046, Tien Giang Province with 23,481, An Giang Province with 20,002, Tay Ninh Province with 18,653, Kien Giang Province with 15,988, Dong Thap Province with 15,656, Khanh Hoa Province with 10,967, Can Tho City with 10,077, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province with 8,425, Hanoi with 7,336, and Da Nang with 5,354.

Vietnam reported only 1,570 locally-transmitted infections in total in the previous three waves.

The health ministry announced 1,971 recovered patients on Friday, lifting the total to 883,564.

The toll has soared to 23,578 fatalities after the ministry confirmed 102 deaths on the same day, including 55 in Ho Chi Minh City, 12 in Dong Nai Province, 12 in Tien Giang Province, and the remainder in 11 other provinces and cities.  

Vietnam has recorded 1,075,094 infections since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit it early last year.

Health workers have administered more than 104.7 million vaccine doses, including 1,324,442 jabs on Thursday, since vaccination was rolled out nationwide on March 8.

Over 38.6 million people have been fully vaccinated.

Health authorities in the country of nearly 98 million people target to fully vaccinate 80 percent of the adults and 100 percent of those aged 12 to under 18 by the end of this year, according to a draft government plan for COVID-19 response in 2021-23.

From 2022 onward, 100 percent of people aged 12 and above will either be fully immunized against the coronavirus or even get booster shots.

Children from three to under 12 years old will be fully inoculated in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines.

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