55,879 new COVID-19 cases, 77 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The 55,879 new COVID-19 cases include eight imported cases and 55,871 local infections detected in Hà Nội (6,860), Bắc Ninh (2,842), Bắc Giang (2,500), Hải Dương (2,485), Quảng Ninh (2,087), Hòa Bình (2,087), Phú Thọ (2,084), Lào Cai (2,056), Nam Định (1,943), Vĩnh Phúc (1,811), Hải Phòng (1,798), Ninh Bình (1,665), Thái Nguyên (1,645), Sơn La (1,494), Nghệ An (1,441), Hồ Chí Minh City (1,352), Hưng Yên (1,312), Yên Bái (1,290), Thái Bình (1,282), Khánh Hòa (1,213), Thanh Hóa (995), Đắk Lắk (989), Quảng Nam (976), Đà Nẵng (946), Tuyên Quang (845), Bình Định (835), Lạng Sơn (765), Hà Tĩnh (690), Cao Bằng (649), Lâm Đồng (630), Quảng Bình (567), Điện Biên (499), Quảng Trị (494), Gia Lai (461), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (441), Bình Phước (429), Lai Châu (388), Hà Nam (380), Cà Mau (351), Phú Yên (316), Thừa Thiên Huế (237), Bắc Kạn (233), Đắk Nông (232), Hà Giang (181), Kon Tum (157), Bình Thuận (155), Quảng Ngãi (135), Bình Dương (132), Tây Ninh (113), Bến Tre (64), Bạc Liêu (50), Đồng Tháp (47), Cần Thơ (46), Vĩnh Long (40), Đồng Nai (37), Trà Vinh (37), Long An (27), Kiên Giang (17), Ninh Thuận (14), An Giang (9), Sóc Trăng (9), and Hậu Giang (6). Of these 39,728 were found in the community.

An additional 77 COVID related deaths were announced, brining the total so far to 39,682.

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