16,325 new COVID-19 cases, 250 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The 16,325 new COVID-19 cases include nine imported cases and 16,316 local infections detected in Hà Nội (1,704), Cà Mau (1,590), Tây Ninh (939), Hồ Chí Minh City (813), Khánh Hòa (798), Cần Thơ (797), Đồng Tháp (788), Bến Tre (606), Vĩnh Long (599), Bạc Liêu (507), Trà Vinh (485), Bình Định (429), Tiền Giang (390), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (378), Thừa Thiên Huế (370), Thanh Hóa (364), Sóc Trăng (349), Hậu Giang (325), Đồng Nai (284), Kiên Giang (276), Hưng Yên (259), Lâm Đồng (254), An Giang (250), Bình Thuận (248), Quảng Ngãi (245), Hải Phòng (235), Bắc Ninh (202), Đà Nẵng (169), Nghệ An (153), Đắk Lắk (139), Bình Dương (134), Quảng Nam (120), Đắk Nông (108), Quảng Ninh (91), Hà Giang (91), Vĩnh Phúc (80), Nam Định (67), Lạng Sơn (62), Phú Yên (55), Bình Phước (52), Long An (51), Ninh Thuận (49), Phú Thọ (45), Hải Dương (41), Thái Bình (39), Quảng Trị (37), Hòa Bình (32), Bắc Giang (26), Hà Nam (26), Sơn La (24), Quảng Bình (24), Thái Nguyên (23), Ninh Bình (17), Hà Tĩnh (14), Kon Tum (14), Yên Bái (12), Gia Lai (9), Lào Cai (8 ), Tuyên Quang (8 ), Cao Bằng (8 ), Điện Biên (2), and Lai Châu (2). Of these 11,309 were found in the community.

An additional 250 COVID-related deaths were also announced, bringing the total to 30,041.

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