Việt Nam confirms 9,650 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday

The new infections include nine imported cases. The local transmissions are reported in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,183), Tây Ninh (683), Tiền Giang (671), Đồng Nai (631), Bình Dương (607), An Giang (482), Bình Thuận (439), Đồng Tháp (392), Sóc Trăng (343), Cà Mau (340), Bạc Liêu (328), Kiên Giang (324), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (300), Vĩnh Long (291), Bình Phước (199), Trà Vinh (194), Bến Tre (185), Cần Thơ (158), Hà Nội (158), Khánh Hòa (150), Nghệ An (145), Hà Giang (122), Thái Bình (106), Long An (100), Hậu Giang (96), Đắk Lắk (88), Lâm Đồng (84), Bắc Ninh (81), Nam Định (73), Thừa Thiên Huế (70), Quảng Nam (61), Bắc Giang (60), Thanh Hóa (52), Gia Lai (50), Bình Định (48), Đắk Nông (44), Ninh Thuận (35), Đà Nẵng (34), Quảng Ngãi (32), Hải Dương (29), Tuyên Quang (27), Quảng Trị (22), Quảng Bình (18), Quảng Ninh (15), Phú Thọ (14), Phú Yên (11), Vĩnh Phúc (11), Lạng Sơn (9), Hưng Yên (9), Điện Biên (8 ), Hà Nam (7), Hà Tĩnh (7), Cao Bằng (4), Kon Tum (3), Lào Cai (2), Hòa Bình (2), Thái Nguyên (2), Sơn La (1), and Yên Bái (1). Details follow shortly.

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