14,440 new COVID-19 cases, 214 more deaths, first Omicron case reported on Tuesday

The 14,440 new COVID-19 cases include 19 imported cases and 14,421 local infections detected in Hà Nội (1,920), Tây Ninh (923), Vĩnh Long (911), Khánh Hòa (790), Cần Thơ (763), Hồ Chí Minh City (671), Đồng Tháp (610), Hải Phòng (597), Trà Vinh (585), Bạc Liêu (485), Bình Định (436), Bắc Ninh (434), Lâm Đồng (365), Thừa Thiên Huế (362), Thanh Hóa (346), Bình Thuận (286), Hải Dương (260), Kiên Giang (250), Sóc Trăng (229), Hưng Yên (195), An Giang (191), Tiền Giang (188), Cà Mau (184), Quảng Ninh (182), Hà Giang (140), Quảng Ngãi (140), Đà Nẵng (135), Gia Lai (128), Đồng Nai (124), Bình Dương (109), Vĩnh Phúc (97), Hà Nam (96), Hậu Giang (95), Nam Định (85), Quảng Nam (82), Nghệ An (79), Bến Tre (72), Đắk Lắk (60), Lạng Sơn (59), Thái Bình (59), Phú Thọ (57), Long An (57), Kon Tum (52), Sơn La (51), Quảng Trị (50), Hòa Bình (50), Thái Nguyên (48), Đắk Nông (47), Ninh Thuận (47), Cao Bằng (44), Bắc Giang (43), Tuyên Quang (25), Bình Phước (24), Quảng Bình (23), Lào Cai (18), Yên Bái (18), Phú Yên (15), Lai Châu (12), Hà Tĩnh (8 ), Bắc Kạn (5), and Điện Biên (4). Of these 9,305 were found in the community.

An additional 214 COVID-related deaths were also announced, bringing the total to 31,632.

Việt Nam also confirmed its first Omicron case imported from the UK.

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