12,920 new COVID-19 cases, 386 more deaths reported on Friday

The new 12,920 cases include 19 imported cases and 12,901 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (5,383), Bình Dương (4,187), Đồng Nai (996), Long An (454), Tiền Giang (312), Đà Nẵng (202), Tây Ninh (132), Khánh Hòa (131), Quảng Bình (125), Đồng Tháp (122), An Giang (91), Bình Thuận (87), Hà Nội (77), Cần Thơ (72), Thừa Thiên Huế (70), Đắk Lắk (63), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (59), Nghệ An (57), Bến Tre (31), Bình Định (29), Thanh Hóa (28), Kiên Giang (28), Phú Yên (21), Trà Vinh (19), Bình Phước (17), Hậu Giang (15), Vĩnh Long (14), Quảng Trị (13), Quảng Ngãi (9), Sóc Trăng (8 ), Cà Mau (8 ), Ninh Thuận (6), Hà Tĩnh (6), Quảng Nam (5), Ninh Bình (5), Hà Nam (4), Gia Lai (4), Sơn La (3), Bạc Liêu (3), Bắc Ninh (2), Bắc Giang (2), and Hải Dương (1), 6,627 of these were found in the community.

Bình Dương on Friday reported an additional 4,508 cases detected in previous days.

A further 386 COVID related deaths were also announced brining the total death toll to 10,053.

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