Việt Nam confirms 14,112 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday

The new infections include 14.105 domestic transmissions which were detected in Hà Nội (2,797), Đà Nẵng (927), Quảng Nam (853), Nghệ An (675), Nam Định (593), Hải Dương (566), Vĩnh Phúc (550), Hải Phòng (523), Hòa Bình (523), Phú Thọ (491), Bắc Ninh (460), Bắc Giang (446), Bình Định (425), Thái Bình (419), Thái Nguyên (355), Thanh Hóa (300), Lâm Đồng (228), Hưng Yên (195), Bình Phước (193), Quảng Bình (185), Ninh Bình (183), Hà Nam (169), Thừa Thiên-Huế (148), Hà Tĩnh (147), Quảng Ngãi (143), Sơn La (132), Điện Biên (128), Lào Cai (110), Tuyên Quang (95), Quảng Ninh (94), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (92), Quảng Trị (92), Hà Giang (92), Cà Mau (85), Yên Bái (73), Bến Tre (63), Khánh Hòa (59), Gia Lai (56), Cao Bằng (55), Đắk Nông (49), Kiên Giang (45), Hồ Chí Minh City (43), Bắc Kạn (40), Bạc Liêu (39), Vĩnh Long (30), Tây Ninh (27), Bình Thuận (27), Đồng Nai (14), Tiền Giang (14), Đồng Tháp (13), Hậu Giang (11), Trà Vinh (11), Cần Thơ (9), Long An (7), Bình Dương (3), and Ninh Thuận (3). Details will follow shortly.

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