42,439 new COVID-19 cases, 80 more deaths reported on Friday

The 42,439 new COVID-19 cases include 12 imported cases and 42,427 local infections detected in Hà Nội (4,549), Vĩnh Phúc (2,158), Quảng Ninh (2,018), Phú Thọ (1,789), Nam Định (1,678), Thái Nguyên (1,652), Hòa Bình (1,567), Bắc Ninh (1,556), Ninh Bình (1,540), Hải Phòng (1,504), Bắc Giang (1,443), Nghệ An (1,339), Lào Cai (1,310), Hải Dương (1,302), Lạng Sơn (1,175), Bình Định (1,109), Thái Bình (910), Sơn La (889), Tuyên Quang (888), Thanh Hóa (885), Yên Bái (875), Đà Nẵng (732), Hưng Yên (719), Hồ Chí Minh City (715), Hà Tĩnh (621), Quảng Nam (607), Đắk Lắk (600), Quảng Bình (575), Khánh Hòa (525), Quảng Trị (458), Phú Yên (441), Lâm Đồng (365), Cao Bằng (357), Gia Lai (330), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (292), Bình Dương (289), Bình Phước (273), Thừa Thiên Huế (262), Điện Biên (252), Lai Châu (231), Hà Nam (209), Đắk Nông (189), Quảng Ngãi (179), Kon Tum (146), Cà Mau (131), Hà Giang (111), Bình Thuận (97), Đồng Nai (91), Kiên Giang (89), Bến Tre (67), Bắc Kạn (53), Bạc Liêu (52), Đồng Tháp (38), Trà Vinh (35), Tây Ninh (34), Cần Thơ (27), Vĩnh Long (24), Long An (18), Hậu Giang (15), Ninh Thuận (14), An Giang (13), Sóc Trăng (13), and Tiền Giang (2). Of these 31,028 were found in the community.

Eighty more COVID related deaths were confirmed on Friday, bringing the total to 39,358.

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