54,995 new COVID-19 cases, 39 more deaths reported on Tuesday

The 54,995 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections detected in Hà Nội (5,199), Nghệ An (2,925), Phú Thọ (2,827), Bắc Giang (2,357), Yên Bái (2,280), Hà Giang (2,024), Bắc Kạn (1,990), Quảng Ninh (1,972), Đắk Lắk (1,901), Vĩnh Phúc (1,824), Lào Cai (1,766), Quảng Ngãi (1,504), Hưng Yên (1,398), Tuyên Quang (1,249), Hải Dương (1,248), Cao Bằng (1,233), Hồ Chí Minh City (1,158), Thái Bình (1,152), Quảng Bình (1,113), Thái Nguyên (963), Tây Ninh (940), Lâm Đồng (930), Sơn La (925), Lạng Sơn (876), Hòa Bình (832), Vĩnh Long (764), Bắc Ninh (731), Cà Mau (726), Quảng Trị (665), Lai Châu (662), Hà Tĩnh (633), Hà Nam (596), Bình Định (589), Đà Nẵng (586), Điện Biên (552), Đắk Nông (516), Bình Dương (514), Ninh Bình (496), Nam Định (467), Bình Phước (451), Phú Yên (393), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (347), Hải Phòng (332), Thanh Hóa (322), Thừa Thiên Huế (317), Trà Vinh (280), Khánh Hòa (273), Quảng Nam (269), Bình Thuận (232), Bến Tre (145), An Giang (94), Bạc Liêu (94), Đồng Tháp (77), Long An (70), Kon Tum (51), Kiên Giang (44), Cần Thơ (43), Đồng Nai (38), Ninh Thuận (17), Hậu Giang (13), and Tiền Giang (10). Of these 38,040 were found in the community.

An additional 39 COVID-related deaths were announced, bringing the total so far to 42,681.

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