15,218 new COVID-19 cases, 207 more deaths reported on Sunday

The 15,218 new COVID-19 cases include 36 imported cases and 15,182 local infections detected in Hà Nội (1,910), Tây Ninh (928), Vĩnh Long (889), Bình Định (800), Đồng Tháp (781), Khánh Hòa (763), Cần Thơ (715), Cà Mau (579), Trà Vinh (572), Hồ Chí Minh City (544), Bạc Liêu (489), Bến Tre (430), Thừa Thiên Huế (375), Thanh Hóa (341), Sóc Trăng (281), Đắk Lắk (270), Bắc Ninh (267), Hải Phòng (267), Lâm Đồng (253), An Giang (252), Hưng Yên (238), Kiên Giang (230), Bình Dương (230), Đồng Nai (206), Bình Thuận (164), Nghệ An (159), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (155), Kon Tum (137), Quảng Nam (137), Tiền Giang (129), Quảng Ngãi (126), Hà Giang (120), Quảng Ninh (120), Đà Nẵng (116), Gia Lai (113), Hải Dương (108), Vĩnh Phúc (104), Nam Định (96), Đắk Nông (79), Hà Nam (79), Long An (68), Quảng Bình (66), Thái Bình (57), Phú Thọ (52), Hậu Giang (42), Bình Phước (40), Bắc Giang (40), Ninh Thuận (39), Lạng Sơn (35), Quảng Trị (35), Thái Nguyên (27), Hòa Bình (26), Cao Bằng (24), Sơn La (19), Hà Tĩnh (15), Yên Bái (15), Lai Châu (8 ), Lào Cai (7), Tuyên Quang (6), Điện Biên (4), Bắc Kạn (3), and Phú Yên (2). Of these 9,635 cases were found in the community.

A further 207 COVID-related deaths were announced, bringing the total to 31,214.

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