Việt Nam reports 3,088 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday

All the new infections were found domestically in Hà Nội (705), Phú Thọ (268), Vĩnh Phúc (198), Nghệ An (133), Quảng Ninh (130), Bắc Kạn (126), Yên Bái (116), Hải Dương (114), Tuyên Quang (106), Lào Cai (102), Hưng Yên (73), Quảng Bình (60), Hà Giang (58), Thái Bình (55), Hà Nam (54), Lâm Đồng (52), Cao Bằng (49), Quảng Trị (45), Thái Nguyên (44), Hà Tĩnh (43), Quảng Ngãi (38), Ninh Bình (38), Hồ Chí Minh City (36), Hải Phòng (35), Đắk Nông (33), Nam Định (33), Hòa Bình (32), Sơn La (30), Bình Dương (29), Bắc Giang (25), Lai Châu (25), Đà Nẵng (24), Gia Lai (23), Thanh Hóa (21), Lạng Sơn (21), Bình Phước (17), Tây Ninh (16), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (14), Cà Mau (11), Vĩnh Long (10), Bến Tre (9), Sóc Trăng (8 ), Thừa Thiên Huế (7), Bình Thuận (6), Bình Định (6), Khánh Hòa (5), Điện Biên (3), and Kiên Giang (2). Details will follow shortly.

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