Việt Nam confirms 6,068 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday

All the new infections were domestically transmitted, being found in Hà Nội (843), Phú Thọ (386), Gia Lai (341), Yên Bái (280), Nghệ An (262), Hải Dương (230), Lào Cai (226), Tuyên Quang (224), Vĩnh Phúc (214), Thái Bình (206), Quảng Ninh (204), Thái Nguyên (186), Bắc Kạn (174), Hưng Yên (168), Nam Định (150), Quảng Bình (128), Bắc Ninh (112), Sơn La (111), Đà Nẵng (99), Hà Tĩnh (97), Lâm Đồng (95), Hồ Chí Minh City (95), Cao Bằng (90), Hà Giang (88), Lai Châu (83), Hà Nam (72), Lạng Sơn (66), Ninh Bình (66), Quảng Trị (64), Điện Biên (62), Bình Phước (58), Thanh Hóa (54), Bắc Giang (53), Bình Định (47), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (47), Hải Phòng (45), Hòa Bình (42), Đắk Nông (38), Bình Thuận (36), Tây Ninh (34), Bến Tre (28), Bình Dương (20), Quảng Ngãi (20), Cà Mau (19), Vĩnh Long (16), Phú Yên (14), Quảng Nam (12), Khánh Hòa (12), Long An (11), Thừa Thiên Huế (7), Kiên Giang (7), An Giang (6), Ninh Thuận (5), Đồng Nai (4), Bạc Liêu (4), Trà Vinh (4), Đồng Tháp (1), Cần Thơ (1), andHậu Giang (1). Full updates will follow shortly.

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