Việt Nam confirms 13,271 new cases on Wednesday

All the cases are domestic transmissions detected in Hà Nội (1,039), Phú Thọ (880), Bắc Giang (586), Gia Lai (561), Quảng Ninh (551), Vĩnh Phúc (518), Yên Bái (506), Nghệ An (504), Tuyên Quang (437), Bắc Kạn (418), Đắk Lắk (415), Lào Cai (404), Thái Nguyên (351), Hải Dương (344), Quảng Bình (340), Thái Bình (273), Lâm Đồng (263), Hưng Yên (258), Bắc Ninh (255), Nam Định (244), Lạng Sơn (231), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (221), Cao Bằng (216), Ninh Bình (207), Hòa Bình (180), Hà Giang (180), Hồ Chí Minh City (179), Đắk Nông (172), Hà Tĩnh (169), Quảng Nam (167), Sơn La (163), Lai Châu (154), Bình Phước (150), Hà Nam (143), Bình Dương (136), Đà Nẵng (129), Điện Biên (119), Bình Định (118), Tây Ninh (114), Vĩnh Long (112), Bến Tre (108), Quảng Trị (108), Quảng Ngãi (104), Cà Mau (72), Hải Phòng (69), Phú Yên (63), Thanh Hóa (55), Thừa Thiên Huế (47), Khánh Hòa (47), Long An (38), Bình Thuận (35), Kiên Giang (20), An Giang (19), Bạc Liêu (18), Sóc Trăng (17), Trà Vinh (17), Cần Thơ (10), Kon Tum (, Đồng Nai (5), Hậu Giang (3), and Ninh Thuận (1). Details will follow shortly.

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