Việt Nam confirms 127,883 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday

The new infections include 127,878 domestic transmissions detected in Hà Nội (13,005), Phú Thọ (5,307), Nghệ An (4,425), Lạng Sơn (4,408), Bắc Ninh (4,398), Lào Cai (4,149), Hải Dương (4,034), Bắc Giang (3,997), Yên Bái (3,993), Vĩnh Phúc (3,577), Đắk Lắk (3,479), Sơn La (3,321), Quảng Bình (3,175), Thái Bình (2,976), Hà Giang (2,934), Bến Tre (2,870), Tuyên Quang (2,856), Hưng Yên (2,740), Quảng Ninh (2,688), Cà Mau (2,678), Thái Nguyên (2,666), Hòa Bình (2,607), Cao Bằng (2,444), Bình Định (2,348), Điện Biên (2,319), Lâm Đồng (2,247), Vĩnh Long (2,172), Bắc Kạn (2,039), Quảng Trị (1,918), Lai Châu (1,903), Hà Nam (1,759), Hồ Chí Minh City (1,582), Tây Ninh (1,569), Bình Phước (1,532), Bình Dương (1,457), Nam Định (1,389), Trà Vinh (1,313), Kon Tum (1,234), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (1,132), Đắk Nông (1,052), Ninh Bình (1,032), Hải Phòng (965), Hà Tĩnh (998), Thanh Hóa (935), Quảng Ngãi (897), Phú Yên (896), Khánh Hòa (819), Đà Nẵng (712), Thừa Thiên Huế (658), Bình Thuận (651), Quảng Nam (361), Bạc Liêu (254), An Giang (188), Long An (178), Đồng Nai (136), Kiên Giang (125), Cần Thơ (124), Đồng Tháp (78), Ninh Thuận (65), Sóc Trăng (60), Hậu Giang (44), and Tiền Giang (10). Full update will follow shortly.

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