A worker in Quảng Ninh Province receives a COVID-19 booster vaccine. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — A total of 568 new COVID cases were detected in Việt Nam on Sunday, though no deaths were reported by the Ministry of Health.

The new transmissions bring the total caseload in Việt Nam to 10,731,812 since the start of the pandemic.

The areas recording new cases were Hà Nội (170), Yên Bái (64), Quảng Ninh (25), Nghệ An (22), Đà Nẵng (21), Thái Nguyên (20), Quảng Bình (18), Phú Thọ (18), Lào Cai (17), Thái Bình (16), Vĩnh Phúc (16), HCM City, Hà Nam (13), Bắc Kạn (13), Ninh Bình (12), Tuyên Quang (12), Lạng Sơn (9), Sơn La (9), Cao Bằng (9), Quảng Trị (9), Thừa Thiên Huế (8 ), Khánh Hòa (7), Thanh Hóa (6), Hà Giang (6), Hải Dương (6), Hưng Yên (5), Nam Định (3), Lai Châu (3), Bình Phước (3), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (3), Hải Phòng (3), Hòa Bình (2), Điện Biên (2) and Bình Định (2).

Another 5,274 patients were given the all-clear after recovering from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 9,553,193.

There are currently 24 severe cases being treated in hospital. — VNS