Việt Nam reports 161,262 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

Việt Nam reports 161,262 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 15 imported and 161,247 local cases. The local cases are in Hà Nội (29,833), Nghệ An (10,389), Bắc Ninh (7,471), Phú Thọ (6,997), Thái Nguyên (4,979), Hưng Yên (4,840), Hòa Bình (4,675), Hải Dương (4,324), Sơn La (4,169), Lạng Sơn (4,100), Lào Cai (3,897), Tuyên Quang (3,867), Đắk Lắk (3,644), Cà Mau (3,529), Quảng Ninh (2,988), Quảng Bình (2,986), Vĩnh Phúc (2,975), Thái Bình (2,951), Điện Biên (2,938), Bắc Giang (2,938), Yên Bái (2,769), Bình Định (2,755), Nam Định (2,722), Hà Nam (2,295), Ninh Bình (2,231), Lai Châu (2,217), Bình Phước (2,187), Cao Bằng (2,163), Hồ Chí Minh City (2,159), Bến Tre (2,091), Lâm Đồng (1,949), Hải Phòng (1,886), Đắk Nông (1,836), Quảng Trị (1,786), Bình Dương (1,689), Bắc Kạn (1,341), Tây Ninh (1,290), Đà Nẵng (1,235), Khánh Hòa (1,158), Trà Vinh (1,074), Phú Yên (1,035), Thanh Hóa (940), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (909), Hà Tĩnh (887), Vĩnh Long (824), Bình Thuận (622), Quảng Ngãi (589), Kon Tum (391), Quảng Nam (347), Thừa Thiên Huế (291), Bạc Liêu (285), Kiên Giang (132), Đồng Nai (128), An Giang (117), Long An (108), Cần Thơ (94), Ninh Thuận (75), Đồng Tháp (71), Hậu Giang (31), Sóc Trăng (30), Tiền Giang (18).

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