2,570 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday evening

Besides two imported cases, the local infections are confirmed in HCM City (1,817), Bình Dương (307), Đồng Tháp (109), Đồng Nai (85), Long An (52), Hà Nội (38), Tây Ninh (30), Ninh Thuận (22), Phú Yên (21), Vĩnh Phúc (18), Cần Thơ (16), Trà Vinh (10), Bình Thuận (7), Bình Định (6), Sóc Trăng (6), Bắc Ninh (4), Đắc Lắc (4), Lâm Đồng (3), Quảng Ngãi (3), Nghệ An (3), Hưng Yên (3), Lạng Sơn (2), Phú Thọ (1), and Thanh Hóa (1). As many as 688 cases were found in the community.

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