Việt Nam confirms 15,270 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

The new infections include 15,267domestically-transmitted cases which were found in Cà Mau (1,339), HCM City (1,175), Tây Ninh (932), Bình Phước (880), Đồng Tháp (795), Bến Tre (760), Cần Thơ (728), Khánh Hòa (598), Vĩnh Long (597), Bạc Liêu (516), Đồng Nai (479), Hà Nội (423), Trà Vinh (421), An Giang (387), Bình Định (338), Sóc Trăng (334), Tiền Giang (330), Hải Phòng (330), Hậu Giang (313), Bình Dương (275), Kiên Giang (267), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (260), Thừa Thiên Huế (253), Bắc Ninh (252), Đà Nẵng (212), Lâm Đồng (181), Quảng Ngãi (179), Thanh Hóa (157), Đắk Lắk (152), Bình Thuận (150), Gia Lai (128), Quảng Ninh (117), Quảng Nam (106), Lạng Sơn (95), Nghệ An (83), Phú Yên (75), Hà Giang (69), Long An (65), Thái Bình (52), Ninh Thuận (49), Quảng Bình (49), Hưng Yên (46), Thái Nguyên (39), Hòa Bình (34), Quảng Trị (31), Nam Định (29), Tuyên Quang (25), Sơn La (25), Đắk Nông (24), Phú Thọ (24), Vĩnh Phúc (21), Hà Nam (19), Bắc Giang (19), Hà Tĩnh (10), Lào Cai (7), Yên Bái (4), Kon Tum (4), Điện Biên (2), Bắc Kạn (2), and Lai Châu (1). Details will follow shortly.

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