31,814 new COVID-19 cases, 85 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The 31,814 new COVID-19 cases include 27 imported cases and 31,787 local infections detected in Hà Nội (3,972), Hải Dương (1,807), Hải Phòng (1,417), Nam Định (1,354), Thái Nguyên (1,294), Quảng Ninh (1,246), Ninh Bình (1,136), Vĩnh Phúc (1,135), Nghệ An (1,113), Phú Thọ (1,080), Bắc Ninh (1,041), Hòa Bình (898), Bắc Giang (855), Thanh Hóa (796), Lạng Sơn (784), Đà Nẵng (732), Bình Định (710), Lào Cai (661), Sơn La (599), Hưng Yên (596), Thái Bình (596), Quảng Nam (571), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (494), Yên Bái (453), Gia Lai (437), Quảng Bình (435), Hà Tĩnh (426), Khánh Hòa (395), Tuyên Quang (373), Đắk Lắk (372), Lâm Đồng (362), Quảng Trị (349), Hồ Chí Minh City (341), Cao Bằng (245), Thừa Thiên Huế (244), Phú Yên (243), Hà Nam (226), Bình Phước (219), Đắk Nông (210), Kon Tum (163), Cà Mau (156), Điện Biên (155), Quảng Ngãi (154), Lai Châu (135), Hà Giang (127), Bắc Kạn (92), Bình Thuận (81), Tây Ninh (66), Bình Dương (58), Vĩnh Long (53), Trà Vinh (50), Đồng Nai (47), Kiên Giang (46), Bến Tre (43), Bạc Liêu (37), Đồng Tháp (25), Cần Thơ (22), Sóc Trăng (21), An Giang (17), Ninh Thuận (10), Tiền Giang (8 ), and Long An (4). Of these 22,870 were found in the community.

Eighty-five more COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total so far to 39,122.

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