Covid-19: Daily caseload hits 42,439 on February 18

Updated: 08:47, 19/02/2022

The number of Covid-19 cases continued to rise in the past 24 hours to 4pm February 18 to a record 42,439, including 12 imported ones, up 6,237 cases from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

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Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with 4,549 cases, followed by Vinh Phuc with 2,158 and Quang Ninh with 2,018.

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The national tally reached 2,685,463.

There are 2,956 patients in critical conditions, while an additional 80 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 39,358.

A total 6,215 patients were given the all-clear, taking the total number of recoveries to 2,261,180.

A total of 190,215,794 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide since the start of the pandemic.

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