Vietnam records 88 new local Covid cases

Vietnam recorded another 88 local Covid-19 cases Saturday noon in four localities, the Ministry of Health announced.

55 cases were recorded in Bac Giang, 20 in Ho Chi Minh City, 10 in Bac Ninh and three in Ha Tinh.

All the cases in the northern neighbors of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang are associated with existing outbreaks, either in industrial parks or other locations that have been isolated.

Five cases in HCMC are linked to a Christian mission coronavirus cluster that emerged late last month and has infected over 400 people, 12 had made contact with confirmed patients, while the contact tracing is being conducted to identify the other three’s infection sources.

The three cases in the central province of Ha Tinh are a husband and wife along with their three-year-old daughter in Loc Ha District. They were detected thanks to Covid-19 screening in the community, although their source of transmission remains unknown.

Since the new wave of Covid-19 emerged in Vietnam on April 27, the nation has recorded 6,937 local infections in 39 cities and provinces. The national coronavirus tally since the start of the pandemic has crossed 10,000.

Bac Giang and Bac Ninh still lead the country with the highest numbers of local infections in the new wave, at 3,875 and 1,273 respectively, followed by HCMC with 650.

By Le Nga – VnExpress.net – June 12, 2021