14,861 new COVID-19 cases, 224 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The 14,861 new COVID-19 cases include 32 imported cases and 14,829 local infections detected in Hà Nội (2,499), Tây Ninh (916), Khánh Hòa (797), Hồ Chí Minh City (664), Bình Định (608), Hải Phòng (602), Bình Phước (593), Cà Mau (450), Vĩnh Long (431), Bến Tre (420), Đắk Lắk (367), Bắc Ninh (342), Thanh Hóa (286), Thừa Thiên Huế (285), Hưng Yên (276), Đà Nẵng (253), An Giang (232), Quảng Ninh (227), Bạc Liêu (225), Thái Nguyên (220), Hải Dương (203), Lâm Đồng (202), Bắc Giang (202), Cần Thơ (196), Trà Vinh (196), Quảng Nam (194), Hà Giang (179), Gia Lai (171), Phú Yên (166), Quảng Ngãi (157), Đắk Nông (152), Đồng Tháp (138), Vĩnh Phúc (137), Ninh Bình (134), Nam Định (134), Bình Thuận (119), Hòa Bình (107), Sóc Trăng (103), Kiên Giang (97), Nghệ An (94), Tiền Giang (85), Hà Nam (79), Thái Bình (78), Phú Thọ (75), Sơn La (68), Cao Bằng (66), Bình Dương (65), Lào Cai (65), Kon Tum (63), Điện Biên (62), Đồng Nai (51), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (42), Long An (41), Quảng Bình (40), Yên Bái (36), Hậu Giang (35), Ninh Thuận (33), Tuyên Quang (30), Hà Tĩnh (23), and Lai Châu (18). Of these 10,864 were found in the community.

An additional 224 COVID-related deaths were announced, brining the total to 33,245.

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