Out of the new daily transmissions, 33,851 were in the community.

The new cases bring the country's tally to 2,834,373, with 39,605 deaths and 2,294,669 recoveries since the start of the pandemic.

A health worker collects sample for COVID-19 testing in Tuyen Quang province.

Currently, 3,145 patients have severe infections with 13 on life support.

The capital city of Hanoi again registered the highest daily number of infections with 5,477.

Other localities with four-digit case numbers were Bac Ninh (2,582), Phu Tho (1,908), Quang Ninh (1,898), Thai Nguyen (1,862), Hai Duong (1,815), Hoa Binh (1,782), Vinh Phuc (1,734), Nam Dinh (1,715), Hai Phong (1,707), Ninh Binh (1,684), Bac Giang (1,622), Nghe An (1,419), Yen Bai (1,280), Thanh Hoa (1,257), Lao Cai (1,181), and Thai Binh (1,103).

A total of 104 Covid-related deaths were also recorded, taking the total number of fatalities to 39,605, accounting for 1.4 percent of the total infections.

There were a further 13,235 recoveries, bringing the total number of people given the all-clear to 2,294,669.

Nearly 191.7 million doses of vaccine have been administered as of February 21, of which more than 75.4 million people have been fully inoculated.

Australia completes commitment to share 7.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines with Vietnam

Australia has delivered 3.6 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam over recent weeks through a procurement agreement with UNICEF and in partnership with Vietnam's Ministry of Health, according to a press release from the Australian Embassy on February 19.

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

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.

Ministry licences three domestically-produced Molnupiravir drugs to treat Covid-19

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health on February 17 issued the list of three Covid-19 treatment drugs containing the active ingredient Molnupiravir, which had been granted certificates of registration for conditional circulation.

New Covid-19 cases on February 17

The number of Covid-19 cases detected in the past 24 hours from 4pm February 16 to 4pm February 17 rose by 1,467 from the previous day to 36,200, including 10 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Home quarantine for Covid-19 patients shortened to 7 days

The Covid-19 patients under home treatment will no longer be isolated after undergoing quarantine and treatment for seven days, instead of 10 days like in the past, and their rapid antigen test result is negative.

Source: NDO/VNA