The three localities with the highest numbers of new infections are Hanoi with 913 cases, Phu Tho with 475 cases and Vinh Phuc with 418 cases.
Three deaths were added to the national database on Thursday, totaling to 43,037 deaths so far, or 0.4 percent of all infections.
80.4 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated, while 57.1 percent have received their third Covid-19 vaccine shots.