4,899 new COVID-19 cases, 56 more deaths reported on Friday

The new 4,899 COVID-19 cases include ten imported cases and 4,889 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (977), Bình Dương (697), Đồng Nai (697), Bạc Liêu (398), An Giang (320), Kiên Giang (249), Tây Ninh (180), Sóc Trăng (151), Cần Thơ (101), Long An (91), Đắk Lắk (90), Tiền Giang (75), Bình Thuận (68), Cà Mau (65), Gia Lai (61), Đồng Tháp (60), Hà Giang (60), Trà Vinh (59), Phú Thọ (46), Hậu Giang (42), Quảng Nam (38), Vĩnh Long (37), Hà Nội (37), Bến Tre (34), Quảng Bình (32), Khánh Hòa (30), Nghệ An (25), Bình Phước (20), Bình Định (17), Thừa Thiên Huế (17), Thanh Hóa (16), Nam Định (14), Hà Nam (13), Bắc Giang (12), Kon Tum (12), Bắc Ninh (7), Quảng Ngãi (7), Quảng Ninh (6), Đắk Nông (6), Thái Bình (4), Phú Yên (3), Ninh Bình (3), Đà Nẵng (2), Hải Phòng (2), Hải Dương (2), Lâm Đồng (2), Hưng Yên (1), Hà Tĩnh (1), Vĩnh Phúc (1), and Sơn La (1). Of these 2,305 were found in the community.

An additional 56 COVID related deaths were also announced, bringing the total death toll to 21,966.

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