Three more people have died of COVID-19 complications, bringing the total number of fatalities to 97.

For only the second time, more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in a single day.

Vice-chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Chử Xuân Dũng on Tuesday called on residents of the capital to continue taking COVID-19 prevention and control measures seriously, after 10 community infections were reported in the city, breaking a 10-day streak without any.

Students nationwide will do their literature tests on Wednesday morning and maths in the afternoon of the same day.

The Bình Điền wholesale market in HCM City’s District 8 was closed at 8am on Tuesday (July 6) until further notice after the city’s largest wholesale market recorded at least 39 locally transmitted cases through mass COVID-19 testing.

The new cases have not been officially confirmed by the health ministry yet.

As many as 230,000 informal and freelance workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in HCM City will receive financial assistance from the second financial relief package worth VNĐ886 billion (US$38.58 million) in the next three weeks.