Việt Nam confirms 26,032 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

Among the new infections, nine were imported with the rest locally transmitted. The local cases were found in Hà Nội (2,887), Nghệ An (1,749), Hải Phòng (1,366), Hải Dương (1,329), Nam Định (1,189), Bắc Ninh (1,079), Hòa Bình (1,073), Thanh Hóa (996), Đà Nẵng (939), Bắc Giang (876), Vĩnh Phúc (847), Bình Định (744), Thái Nguyên (735), Ninh Bình (715), Phú Thọ (628), Quảng Nam (490), Thái Bình (485), Quảng Bình (468), Lạng Sơn (467), Kon Tum (437), Quảng Ninh (424), Phú Yên (372), Lâm Đồng (365), Sơn La (358), Quảng Trị (350), Lào Cai (330), Bình Phước (305), Tuyên Quang (304), Đắk Nông (298), Đắk Lắk (287), Hưng Yên (261), Thừa Thiên Huế (246), Khánh Hòa (244), Hồ Chí Minh City (241), Hà Nam (223), Yên Bái (197), Quảng Ngãi (196), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (187), Cà Mau (171), Cao Bằng (146), Điện Biên (141), Hà Giang (128), Lai Châu (89), Bắc Kạn (85), Bạc Liêu (82), Bình Thuận (80), Vĩnh Long (69), Bến Tre (63), Long An (39), Bình Dương (36), Hà Tĩnh (33), Trà Vinh (30), Hậu Giang (26), Tây Ninh (22), Đồng Tháp (20), Cần Thơ (19), Đồng Nai (18), Kiên Giang (17), An Giang (10), Ninh Thuận (9), and Tiền Giang (3).

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