The three localities with the highest numbers of new cases are Hanoi with 978 cases, Yen Bai with 440 cases and Vinh Phuc with 397 cases.
Six deaths were added to the national database on Saturday, totaling to 43,007 deaths so far.
80.2 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated, while 54.2 percent have received their third Covid-19 vaccine shots.