Students under 12 years old wait to be vaccinated against COVID-19 at Lê Hồng Phong Secondary School in the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng on Saturday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trung Hiếu

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s health ministry reported 8,813 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday, including one imported case, and nine deaths.

A total of 6,245 transmissions were detected in the community.

The capital Hà Nội still topped the list with 970 new cases, followed by Bắc Giang with 540 and Phú Thọ Province with 511.

The other new transmissions were found in Quảng Ninh (495), Nghệ An (442), Yên Bái (424), Lào Cai (325), Tuyên Quang (311), Vĩnh Phúc (302), Thái Nguyên (297), Bắc Kạn (278), Thái Bình (249), Quảng Bình (236), Nam Định (216), Hải Dương (207), Đắk Lắk (189), Hưng Yên (177), Gia Lai (165), Cao Bằng (163), Lạng Sơn (162), Lâm Đồng (162), Hà Tĩnh (137), Bắc Ninh (126), Ninh Bình (126), Lai Châu (120), Đà Nẵng (116), Bến Tre (107), Hòa Bình (94), Hà Nam (87), Hà Giang (87), Vĩnh Long (87), Quảng Trị (72), Thanh Hóa (71), Sơn La (71), Điện Biên (70), Bình Định (67), Quảng Nam (56), Bình Phước (56), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (54), Hải Phòng (49), HCM City (48), Tây Ninh (41), Phú Yên (40), Quảng Ngãi (31), Đắk Nông (29), Bình Dương (28), Cà Mau (27), Bình Thuận (25), Thừa Thiên Huế (13), Đồng Tháp (10), Khánh Hòa (9), Cần Thơ (6), Bạc Liêu (6), Kiên Giang (5), Đồng Nai (4), Long An (4), Trà Vinh (4), An Giang (4), Kon Tum (2) and Hậu Giang (2).

The national caseload since the start of the pandemic now stands at 10,563,502. In the past week, the average number of daily new cases across the country has been 11,593.

The nine fatalities were in Cần Thơ (2), Đắk Lắk (2), Quảng Ninh (2), Bạc Liêu (1), Đồng Tháp (1) and Kiên Giang (1).

The total number of COVID-related fatalities in Việt Nam is now 43,013, or 0.4 per cent of total infections.

There are 612 COVID patients nationwide receiving oxygen support, including 54 needing invasive ventilation; one is on life support.

A further 4,581 patients were given the all-clear, taking the total number of recoveries to 9,086,075.

Across Việt Nam, 212,390,774 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to date, of which 575,771 have been given to children aged 5 to 11. — VNS