A medical worker gives COVID-19 vaccine to a child in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. — VNA/VNS Photo Hữu Quyết

HÀ NỘI — The country recorded 11,160 new daily COVID-19 infections on Friday. So far, Việt Nam has had a total of 10,544,324 coronavirus patients, ranking 12th out of 227 countries and territories worldwide.

All of the new transmissions were domestic. Cases were reported in 59 out of 63 provinces and cities across the country; 8,015 of the infections were detected in the community.

Hà Nội again led the country with 980 cases.

The other localities that reported new transmissions were Phú Thọ (761), Bắc Giang (539), Quảng Ninh (510), Nghệ An (489), Vĩnh Phúc (458), Yên Bái (452), Lào Cai (389), Hải Dương (373), Bắc Kạn (357), Tuyên Quang (352), Đắk Lắk (346), Thái Nguyên (309), Gia Lai (304), Sơn La (273), Thái Bình (255), Nam Định (225), Quảng Bình (222), Hưng Yên (220), Cao Bằng (210), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (197), Lâm Đồng (194), Lạng Sơn (189), Bắc Ninh (176), Ninh Bình (169), Hà Giang (169), Hòa Bình (160), Hà Tĩnh (147), Hà Nam (137), Điện Biên (130), Đà Nẵng (126), Lai Châu (108), Bình Định (102), Tây Ninh (99), Bình Phước (97), Hồ Chí Minh City (93), Vĩnh Long (90), Phú Yên (81), Quảng Trị (80), Bến Tre (75), Quảng Nam (70), Đắk Nông (69), Cà Mau (64), Quảng Ngãi (63), Thanh Hóa (57), Bình Dương (33), Khánh Hòa (32), Bình Thuận (29), Long An (27), Thừa Thiên Huế (23), Bạc Liêu (13), An Giang (9), Trà Vinh (6), Kiên Giang (5), Cần Thơ (5), Kon Tum (4), Đồng Nai (4), Đồng Tháp (2) and Hậu Giang (2).

2,338 patients were declared recovered from the virus, with 9,079,265 people now given the all-clear since the pandemic began.

Seven fatalities related to COVID-19 were reported in Đồng Nai (2), Phú Thọ (2), Bến Tre (1), Hà Tĩnh (1) and Kon Tum (1).

More than 211.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide so far, including over 232,000 to children aged between 5 and 11 years. — VNS