Việt Nam reports 160,676 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

The new infections include 15 imported cases. The domestic transmissions were found in Hà Nội (30,157), Nghệ An (11,141), Phú Thọ (5,891), Bình Dương (5,302), Sơn La (4,891), Hưng Yên (4,269), Hòa Bình (4,122), Cà Mau (3,914), Tuyên Quang (3,879), Lạng Sơn (3,872), Hải Dương (3,770), Hồ Chí Minh City (3,668), Nam Định (3,554), Hải Phòng (3,533), Quảng Trị (3,463), Lào Cai (3,229), Quảng Ninh (2,903), Bắc Giang (2,863), Đắk Lắk (2,814), Vĩnh Phúc (2,756), Thái Bình (2,722), Thái Nguyên (2,720), Quảng Bình (2,641), Ninh Bình (2,597), Hà Nam (2,427), Bình Phước (2,390), Bình Định (2,339), Điện Biên (2,265), Cao Bằng (2,245), Hà Giang (2,162), Lai Châu (2,151), Bắc Ninh (2,122), Yên Bái (2,049), Khánh Hòa (1,850), Đà Nẵng (1,824), Bến Tre (1,528), Lâm Đồng (1,467), Tây Ninh (1,427), Đắk Nông (1,337), Bắc Kạn (1,270), Thanh Hóa (1,105), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (988), Bình Thuận (883), Hà Tĩnh (875), Vĩnh Long (860), Phú Yên (747), Quảng Ngãi (682), Trà Vinh (454), Đồng Nai (431), Thừa Thiên Huế (378), Kon Tum (371), Quảng Nam (326), Bạc Liêu (305), Long An (207), Cần Thơ (145), Kiên Giang (127), An Giang (88), Đồng Tháp (45), Sóc Trăng (45), Hậu Giang (34), Ninh Thuận (24), and Tiền Giang (17). Details will follow shortly.

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