4,642 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Thursday morning

Three imported cases and 4,639 domestic infections which were confirmed in HCM City (2,318), Bình Dương (911), Đồng Nai (425), Long An (354), Tiền Giang (212), Khánh Hòa (130), Tây Ninh (79), Trà Vinh (25), Cần Thơ (24), Kiên Giang (23), Thừa Thiên Huế (20), Bình Định (20), An Giang (16), Đắk Lắk (15), Phú Yên (15), Bến Tre (15), Nghệ An (14), Đồng Tháp (9), Hậu Giang (6), Bạc Liêu (3), Hà Nội (2), Hưng Yên (1), Hà Tĩnh (1), and Cà Mau (1). Among the new local cases, 1,256 were found in the community.

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