15,954 new COVID-19 cases, 155 more deaths reported on Wednesday

The 15,954 new COVID-19 cases include 69 imported cases and 15,885 local infections detected in Hà Nội (2,884), Đà Nẵng (991), Bắc Ninh (865), Hải Phòng (702), Thanh Hóa (587), Quảng Nam (572), Bắc Giang (485), Vĩnh Phúc (465), Bình Định (433), Hòa Bình (425), Quảng Ngãi (396), Hưng Yên (387), Hải Dương (370), Nam Định (360), Bình Phước (315), Bến Tre (301), Quảng Ninh (297), Nghệ An (294), Thái Bình (270), Phú Thọ (270), Thừa Thiên Huế (255), Cà Mau (244), Thái Nguyên (235), Lâm Đồng (229), Lào Cai (202), Kon Tum (192), Lạng Sơn (154), Vĩnh Long (153), Khánh Hòa (145), Sơn La (140), Hà Nam (137), Tây Ninh (136), Hà Tĩnh (131), Ninh Bình (121), Hồ Chí Minh City (121), Quảng Bình (121), Quảng Trị (120), Điện Biên (117), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (115), Tuyên Quang (110), Hà Giang (109), Yên Bái (100), Trà Vinh (96), Bình Thuận (87), Bình Dương (76), Đắk Nông (69), Cao Bằng (62), Hậu Giang (57), Đồng Tháp (54), Cần Thơ (44), Đồng Nai (39), Long An (39), An Giang (37), Lai Châu (32), Ninh Thuận (29), Kiên Giang (28), Sóc Trăng (26), Tiền Giang (26), Bắc Kạn (23), Gia Lai (3), and Đắk Lắk (2). Of these 10,571 were found in the community.

155 more COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total to 37,165 to date.

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