A medical worker at Ngọc Khánh Ward's mobile medical station in Hà Nội takes care of a COVID-19 patient. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The capital city of Hà Nội registered a record high, with 2,830 new daily COVID-19 transmissions on Monday, as 14,818 new cases were reported across the country.

Thirty-five of the infections were imported and quarantined upon arrival, and the rest domestic, with 9,396 community transmissions. 

The new infections brought the nationwide tally to 1,914,393 since the start of the pandemic.

Other areas that recorded cases were: Khánh Hòa (795), Bình Phước (640), Bình Định (609), Hải Phòng (592), Cà Mau (540), Tây Ninh (487), Đà Nẵng (453), Hồ Chí Minh City (437), Vĩnh Long (404), Hưng Yên (379), Bắc Ninh (372), Bến Tre (370), Thanh Hóa (297), Quảng Ninh (294), Thừa Thiên Huế (271), Trà Vinh (251), Lâm Đồng (227), Bạc Liêu (206), Quảng Ngãi (202), Thái Nguyên (199), Hà Giang (189), Hậu Giang (187), Hải Dương (181), Vĩnh Phúc (180), Lạng Sơn (177), Nam Định (161), Quảng Nam (155), Gia Lai (142), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (133), Cần Thơ (132), Bắc Giang (128), An Giang (126), Nghệ An (124), Sóc Trăng (122), Hòa Bình (118), Đắk Nông (103), Sơn La (102), Ninh Bình (101), Kiên Giang (100), Đồng Tháp (96), Bình Thuận (94), Hà Nam (90), Quảng Trị (86), Thái Bình (83), Yên Bái (79), Phú Yên (77), Phú Thọ (68), Kon Tum (61), Lào Cai (60), Tuyên Quang (55), Bình Dương (55), Ninh Thuận (48), Hà Tĩnh (47), Đồng Nai (46), Quảng Bình (45), Cao Bằng (44), Tiền Giang (34), Bắc Kạn (27), Lai Châu (25), Điện Biên (25) and Long An (22).

A further 212 deaths were also announced, bringing the death toll from the virus to 34,531.

A total of 89,842 patients fully recovered from the virus on Monday, bringing the number of recoveries to 1,590,090 since the start of the pandemic.

Việt Nam has so far administered more than 1.24 million doses of coronavirus vaccines. — VNS