Việt Nam reports 120,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday

Việt Nam reports 120,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including 8 imported and 119,992 local cases. The local cases are in Hà Nội (12,485), Đắk Lắk (4,463), Bắc Ninh (4,292), Phú Thọ (4,277), Nghệ An (4,184), Yên Bái (3,995), Bắc Giang (3,991), Lào Cai (3,974), Lạng Sơn (3,738), Hải Dương (3,459), Thái Bình (3,235), Quảng Bình (3,046), Sơn La (2,953), Vĩnh Phúc (2,887), Bình Dương (2,857), Hà Giang (2,838), Thái Nguyên (2,794), Quảng Ninh (2,669), Cà Mau (2,440), Hưng Yên (2,424), Bình Định (2,422), Hòa Bình (2,398), Tuyên Quang (2,293), Bến Tre (2,132), Điện Biên (2,050), Quảng Trị (1,945), Lâm Đồng (1,927), Vĩnh Long (1,829), Lai Châu (1,800), Cao Bằng (1,789), Hà Nam (1,659), Bắc Kạn (1,619), Kon Tum (1,494), Tây Ninh (1,485), Ninh Bình (1,296), Bình Phước (1,258), Hồ Chí Minh (1,241), Nam Định (1,120), Phú Yên (1,059), Trà Vinh (1,047), Hà Tĩnh (998), Đắk Nông (873), Thanh Hóa (848), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (838), Quảng Ngãi (792), Khánh Hòa (730), Đà Nẵng (678), Thừa Thiên Huế (677), Hải Phòng (635), Bình Thuận (528), Quảng Nam (350), Bạc Liêu (218), Đồng Nai (179), Kiên Giang (179), An Giang (161), Long An (142), Cần Thơ (86), Sóc Trăng (61), Đồng Tháp (51), Hậu Giang (50), Ninh Thuận (28), Tiền Giang (26).

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