A resident in the Mekong Delta's An Giang Province gets the third dose of a COVID vaccine. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — A total of 15,727 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on Thursday, bringing the national tally to 2,203,208.

The new figure includes 55 imported transmissions.

Hà Nội still lead the country in terms of new infections with 2,907, followed by Đà Nẵng (873), Bắc Ninh (794), Thanh Hóa (727), Hải Phòng (719), Quảng Nam (527), Nam Định (469), Vĩnh Phúc (462), Bình Định (437), Hải Dương (417), Hòa Bình (414), Đắk Lắk (378), Quảng Ngãi (374), Hưng Yên (372), Phú Thọ (347), Nghệ An (316), Bình Phước (293), Quảng Ninh (275), Bắc Giang (272), Lâm Đồng (235), Thừa Thiên-Huế (220), Thái Bình (207), Gia Lai (183), Sơn La (170), HCM City (168), Lạng Sơn (167), Cà Mau (165), Hà Giang (144), Hà Nam (139), Tây Ninh (135), Phú Yên (129), Quảng Bình (123), Ninh Bình (115), Khánh Hòa (113), Vĩnh Long (112), Thái Nguyên (111), Bến Tre (105), Tuyên Quang (100), Lào Cai (100), Quảng Trị (96), Đắk Nông (95), Bình Dương (92), Lai Châu (90), Trà Vinh (82), Điện Biên (81), Cao Bằng (80), Bình Thuận (66), Bạc Liêu (64), Yên Bái (63), Kon Tum (62), Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu (57), Đồng Nai (55), Đồng Tháp (50), Hậu Giang (49), Hà Tĩnh (48), Long An (41), An Giang (40), Bắc Kạn (34), Kiên Giang (32), Ninh Thuận (26), Cần Thơ (26), Sóc Trăng (22) and Tiền Giang (7).

The country recorded 126 COVID-related deaths on Thursday, bringing the total number of deaths to 37,291.

A total of 21,002 patients were announced to have made a full recovery, raising the total number of recoveries in Việt Nam to 1,945,611.

166 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the country so far. 

Việt Nam has administered over 179.5 million doses of vaccine nationwide, including nearly 74 million second doses and over 26.6 million third doses. — VNS