People play a traditional game on a walking street in Hà Nội that reopened on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 150,618 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 7,791,841 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

Out of the new infections, 12 were imported and quarantined on arrival.

The capital city of Hà Nội still topped the country in terms of new cases with 21,071, followed by Nghệ An (11,099) and Phú Thọ (6,681).

The remaining transmissions were found in Hải Dương (4,938), Lạng Sơn (4,713), Tuyên Quang (4,598), Lào Cai (4,587), Đắk Lắk (4,466), Vĩnh Phúc (3,990), Hòa Bình (3,986), Sơn La (3,652), Bắc Ninh (3,612), Bắc Giang (3,495), Quảng Bình (3,280), Thái Bình (3,231), Yên Bái (3,152), Điện Biên (2,905), Hưng Yên (2,887), Cao Bằng (2,858), Quảng Ninh (2,794), Thái Nguyên (2,774), Bình Định (2,696), Cà Mau (2,606), Bến Tre (2,425), Lâm Đồng (2,391), Lai Châu (2,380), Quảng Trị (2,308), Bắc Kạn (2,029), Hà Nam (1,997), Hà Giang (1,962), Nam Định (1,927), Bình Phước (1,880), Bình Dương (1,739), Vĩnh Long (1,544), Tây Ninh (1,511), Hồ Chí Minh City (1,441), Ninh Bình (1,247), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (1,233), Trà Vinh (1,211), Phú Yên (1,133), Đắk Nông (1,018), Thanh Hóa (1,015), Kon Tum (995), Khánh Hòa (987), Hà Tĩnh (957), Hải Phòng (846), Quảng Ngãi (820), Đà Nẵng (802), Thừa Thiên Huế (627), Bình Thuận (553), Quảng Nam (352), Bạc Liêu (292), An Giang (175), Long An (171), Kiên Giang (136), Đồng Tháp (94), Cần Thơ (78), Đồng Nai (73), Hậu Giang (71), Ninh Thuận (63), Sóc Trăng (36) and Tiền Giang (16).

A total of 77 COVID-related deaths were recorded, taking the total number of fatalities to 41,817, accounting for 0.5 per cent of infections.

The country also reported 129,434 recoveries, bringing the total number of people given the all-clear to 3,991,393.

Việt Nam has administered more than 201 million doses of COVID vaccines so far. — VNS