A woman is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Thạch An District, Cao Bằng Province on Sunday. The northern border province on Friday recorded its first-ever COVID-19 case since the pandemic hit the country early last year. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — An additional 7,646 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on Sunday, bringing the nationwide tally to 968,684.

A further 61 deaths were announced.

Out of the new cases, 15 were imported and quarantined upon arrival.

Compared to Saturday, the number of daily cases has increased nationally by 151.

HCM City tops the list with 1,009 new infections, followed by Đồng Nai Province with 997, and Bình Dương Province with 826.

The capital city of Hà Nội reported 72 new cases on Sunday.

The other infections were found in An Giang (427), Kiên Giang (398), Tây Ninh (393), Bạc Liêu (298), Đồng Tháp (289), Bình Thuận (279), Sóc Trăng (238), Tiền Giang (233), Cần Thơ (210), Cà Mau (184), Đắk Lắk (151), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (150), Vĩnh Long (128), Long An (119), Hà Giang (116), Bình Phước (114), Trà Vinh (75), Bắc Giang (70), Bến Tre (64), Khánh Hòa (60), Hậu Giang (56), Phú Thọ (51), Bắc Ninh (51), Nghệ An (50), Ninh Thuận (48), Bình Định (46), Nam Định (46), Thanh Hóa (45), Đắk Nông (44), Quảng Ngãi (41), Gia Lai (29), Thừa Thiên Huế (29), Hà Tĩnh (21), Quảng Ninh (21), Lâm Đồng (20), Đà Nẵng (18), Điện Biên (14), Quảng Bình (13), Hà Nam (13), Hải Dương (13), Kon Tum (13), Phú Yên (13), Hưng Yên (11), Quảng Nam (8 ), Quảng Trị (5), Vĩnh Phúc (3), Thái Nguyên (3), Hòa Bình (2), Hải Phòng (1), Thái Bình (1), Sơn La (1) and Cao Bằng (1).

Among the new COVID-related deaths, 31 were in HCM City. The other fatalities were recorded in Bạc Liêu (7), Bình Dương (5), An Giang (5), Tiền Giang (4), Đồng Nai (2), Kiên Giang (2), Đắk Nông (1), Bình Thuận (1), Cần Thơ (1), Quảng Ngãi (1), and Sóc Trăng (1).

A further 1,301 recoveries were reported on Sunday, taking the total number of patients given the all-clear to 840,402.

There are currently 3,280 people being treated in intensive care units.

More than 89.6 million vaccine doses have been administered to date, with just over 28.7 million people having received two doses. — VNS