A man in An Giang Province receives the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI -- A total of 15,743 new cases were reported in Việt Nam on Tuesday, bringing the nationwide tally to 2,171,527.

Of the new transmissions, 44 were imported and quarantined upon arrival, and the rest domestic.

Hà Nội still has the highest infection rate, with 2,956 cases, followed by Đà Nẵng (989) and Hải Phòng (704).

Other areas that recorded COVID cases were: Thanh Hóa (685), Hưng Yên (623), Bắc Ninh (560), Bắc Giang (445), Quảng Ngãi (400), Hải Dương (397), Hòa Bình (386), Vĩnh Phúc (385), Bình Định (374), Phú Thọ (370), Bến Tre (352), Nam Định (337), Bình Phước (335), Quảng Ninh (322), Thừa Thiên Huế (305), Đắk Lắk (303), Quảng Nam (301), Thái Nguyên (271), Thái Bình (267), Nghệ An (263), Lâm Đồng (225), Lào Cai (202), Khánh Hòa (200), Cà Mau (200), Quảng Bình (186), Kon Tum (178), Sơn La (152), Vĩnh Long (151), Tây Ninh (146), Bạc Liêu (146), Hà Nam (138), Trà Vinh (123), Yên Bái (114), Hà Giang (104), HCM City (99), Điện Biên (80), Bình Thuận (77), Tuyên Quang (70), Hậu Giang (69), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (68), Bình Dương (61), Quảng Trị (59), Đồng Tháp (52), Phú Yên (50), Đắk Nông (48), Cần Thơ (42), Long An (38), Lai Châu (37), An Giang (35), Bắc Kạn (34), Ninh Bình (34), Cao Bằng (34), Ninh Thuận (34), Đồng Nai (31), Kiên Giang (26), Sóc Trăng (12), Tiền Giang (11) and Gia Lai (3).

A further 126 COVID-related deaths were also announced on Tuesday.

62,889 patients were announced to have fully recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,904,069.

There are 4,602 patients being currently treated in hospitals nationwide, including 19 on life support. 

Việt Nam has so far administered more than 177.3 million doses of COVID vaccines. — VNS