125,587 new COVID-19 cases, 97 more deaths announced on Friday

The 125,587 new COVID-19 cases include 19 imported cases and 125,568 local infections detected in Hà Nội (21,395), Nghệ An (6,657), Bắc Ninh (6,011), Sơn La (4,182), Quảng Ninh (3,919), Nam Định (3,870), Hưng Yên (3,702), Lạng Sơn (3,335), Phú Thọ (3,288), Bình Dương (3,201), Hồ Chí Minh City (3,070), Vĩnh Phúc (2,814), Thái Nguyên (2,670), Bắc Giang (2,653), Lai Châu (2,637), Hòa Bình (2,593), Tuyên Quang (2,582), Đắk Lắk (2,560), Ninh Bình (2,405), Yên Bái (2,385), Hải Dương (2,317), Quảng Bình (2,305), Cao Bằng (2,159), Khánh Hòa (2,142), Thái Bình (2,138), Hà Giang (2,124), Lào Cai (1,984), Bình Phước (1,958), Hà Nam (1,896), Điện Biên (1,806), Bình Định (1,703), Đà Nẵng (1,689), Cà Mau (1,608), Gia Lai (1,276), Thanh Hóa (1,128), Quảng Trị (1,110), Lâm Đồng (1,088), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (1,067), Đắk Nông (894), Hà Tĩnh (846), Bến Tre (781), Phú Yên (776), Tây Ninh (697), Bắc Kạn (509), Quảng Ngãi (431), Thừa Thiên Huế (385), Bình Thuận (384), Quảng Nam (357), Vĩnh Long (341), Trà Vinh (313), Kon Tum (255), Bạc Liêu (250), Đồng Nai (179), Long An (154), Cần Thơ (133), Kiên Giang (130), Hải Phòng (106), An Giang (49), Đồng Tháp (48), Ninh Thuận (39), Sóc Trăng (38), Tiền Giang (23), and Hậu Giang (23). Of these 79,992 were found in the community.

An additional 97 COVID-related deaths were reported, bringing the total to 40,644 so far.

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