4,363 new COVID-19 cases, 134 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The new 4,363 COVID-19 cases include three imported cases and 4,360 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh (1,491), Bình Dương (1,107), Đồng Nai (653), An Giang (172), Bình Thuận (149), Long An (84), Kiên Giang (77), Đồng Tháp (67), Tiền Giang (59), Hậu Giang (48), Cần Thơ (47), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (47), Khánh Hòa (39), Bạc Liêu (39), Tây Ninh (35), Cà Mau (32), Hà Nam (28), Ninh Thuận (18), Bình Định (18), Bình Phước (17), Bến Tre (16), Nghệ An (16), Quảng Bình (15), Quảng Ngãi (15), Quảng Trị (13), Trà Vinh (10), Vĩnh Long (10), Đắk Lắk (8 ), Nam Định (4), Đắk Nông (3), Gia Lai (3), Hà Nội (3), Lâm Đồng (2), Bắc Giang (2), Kon Tum (2), Đà Nẵng (2), Thừa Thiên Huế (2), Hà Tĩnh (2), Phú Thọ (2), Phú Yên (1), Quảng Nam (1), and Hải Dương (1). Of these 1,769 were found in the community.

An additional 134 COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total to 19,979.

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