Việt Nam reports new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday

Việt Nam reports 14,314 news cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including two imported cases and 14,312 local cases. The local cases are in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,491), Cần Thơ (1.132), Tây Ninh (792), Sóc Trăng (775), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (710), Đồng Tháp (690), Bình Thuận (648), Bến Tre (630), Bình Phước (547), Vĩnh Long (544), Khánh Hòa (465), Cà Mau (444), Bình Định (428), Hà Nội (400), Bạc Liêu (398), Kiên Giang (394), Đồng Nai (355), Bình Dương (355), An Giang (350), Thừa Thiên Huế (305), Hậu Giang (295), Tiền Giang (257), Trà Vinh (212), Hà Giang (160), Bắc Ninh (113), Đắk Nông (102), Thanh Hóa (94), Hải Phòng (91), Long An (90), Hải Dương (88), Lâm Đồng (84), Quảng Ngãi (81), Đà Nẵng (78), Ninh Thuận (75), Quảng Nam (63), Quảng Ninh (62), Gia Lai (61), Hưng Yên (60), Nam Định (47), Phú Thọ (45), Thái Nguyên (35), Vĩnh Phúc (34), Phú Yên (31), Thái Bình (28), Quảng Bình (25), Hòa Bình (23), Yên Bái (21), Tuyên Quang (16), Kon Tum (13), Bắc Giang (12), Hà Tĩnh (11), Lạng Sơn (11), Lào Cai (9), Sơn La (9), Ninh Bình (5), Hà Nam (5), Cao Bằng (5), Quảng Trị (4), Lai Châu (2), Điện Biên (1), Bắc Kạn (1).

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