Việt Nam reports 16,377 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

The new infections include 16,367 local transmissions which were found in Hà Nội (1,774), Cà Mau (1,167), Tây Ninh (949), Vĩnh Long (855), Khánh Hòa (797), Cần Thơ (792), Hồ Chí Minh City (787), Đồng Tháp (787), Bạc Liêu (689), Bình Định (555), Trà Vinh (527), Bến Tre (436), Thừa Thiên-Huế (395), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (344), An Giang (322), Thanh Hóa (306), Sóc Trăng (296), Bình Thuận (288), Tiền Giang (282), Hưng Yên (267), Kiên Giang (256), Hải Phòng (252), Lâm Đồng (251), Đồng Nai (232), Bắc Ninh (226), Hậu Giang (221), Đà Nẵng (195), Gia Lai (182), Quảng Ninh (156), Nghệ An (148), Phú Yên (134), Quảng Ngãi (132), Bình Dương (118), Hà Giang (107), Quảng Nam (96), Đắk Lắk (91), Quảng Trị (83), Nam Định (83), Thái Nguyên (61), Ninh Thuận (61), Long An (60), Hải Dương (59), Đắk Nông (55), Phú Thọ (51), Vĩnh Phúc (46), Cao Bằng (44), Hà Nam (42), Thái Bình (39), Quảng Bình (37), Lạng Sơn (37), Bắc Giang (34), Hòa Bình (34), Bình Phước (31), Hà Tĩnh (28), Lào Cai (18), Yên Bái (16), Kon Tum (12), Sơn La (9), Tuyên Quang (5), Bắc Kạn (4), Lai Châu (3), and Điện Biên (3).

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