98,762 new COVID-19 cases, 86 more deaths announced on Tuesday

The 98,762 new COVID-19 cases include 19 imported cases and 98,743 local infections detected in Hà Nội (13,323), Quảng Ninh (4,011), Bắc Ninh (3,933), Nghệ An (3,864), Lào Cai (3,398), Hưng Yên (3,393), Sơn La (3,087), Nam Định (3,072), Phú Thọ (2,966), Vĩnh Phúc (2,913), Thái Nguyên (2,788), Hòa Bình (2,574), Lạng Sơn (2,534), Hà Giang (2,444), Hải Dương (2,355), Hải Phòng (2,309), Bắc Giang (2,209), Ninh Bình (2,174), Yên Bái (2,118), Đắk Lắk (2,116), Tuyên Quang (2,063), Hồ Chí Minh City (2,022), Thái Bình (1,960), Khánh Hòa (1,880), Cao Bằng (1,718), Quảng Bình (1,659), Gia Lai (1,392), Đà Nẵng (1,387), Cà Mau (1,303), Bình Phước (1,291), Điện Biên (1,228), Hà Nam (1,095), Lâm Đồng (1,092), Lai Châu (1,045), Bình Định (995), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (856), Đắk Nông (855), Bình Dương (846), Hà Tĩnh (786), Phú Yên (675), Quảng Trị (524), Tây Ninh (507), Thanh Hóa (493), Bắc Kạn (474), Quảng Nam (392), Quảng Ngãi (381), Bình Thuận (375), Thừa Thiên Huế (319), Bạc Liêu (218), Trà Vinh (198), Kon Tum (196), Bến Tre (193), Đồng Nai (163), Vĩnh Long (162), Cần Thơ (154), Long An (88), Kiên Giang (47), Đồng Tháp (32), Sóc Trăng (32), Ninh Thuận (32), An Giang (21), Tiền Giang (8 ), Hậu Giang (5). Of these 66,861 were found in the community.

Eighty-six more COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total so far to 40,338.

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