Vietnam records 4,311 new Covid-19 cases

Current epicenter HCMC led the latest addition with 1,497 cases, followed by Binh Duong (847), Long An (573) and 29 other provinces and cities.

On Friday, Vietnam recorded a total of 8,320 local cases. The number of recoveries since the start of the pandemic increased to 62,332, after 4,292 were announced recovered Friday.

With 296 Covid-19 deaths recorded so far this month, 219 of them in HCMC, the overall death toll since the pandemic began has reached 3,016.

Meanwhile, more than 8 million citizens have been vaccinated at least once.