The biggest city recorded 4,699 new cases, followed by its neighbors Binh Duong, up 2,389 cases, and Dong Nai, up 899 cases.
This brings Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally to 779,398 since the beginning of the pandemic.
162 deaths were confirmed Wednesday, with 113 of them in HCMC. The daily average death tally in the last seven days is 188 cases.
23,568 patients were discharged Wednesday, bring the total to date to 583,509.
Vietnam has administered 41.15 million vaccine doses, in which 8.98 million is the second dose.