Vietnam posted additional 240 COVID-19 cases, consisting of 233 domestic and seven imported ones, from 12:30pm to 6:30pm on June 30, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Workers of the Wanek Furniture in Binh Duong province are resting in the company's quarantine area. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam posted additional 240 COVID-19 cases, consisting of 233 domestic and seven imported ones, from 12:30pm to 6:30pm on June 30, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
The imported infections were put under quarantine immediately upon their arrival in the southwestern province of Tay Ninh.
Of the domestic cases, 124 were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, 57 in Binh Duong, 12 in Dong Nai, 10 in Quang Ngai, six in Ba Ria - Vung Tau, five in Dong Thap, four in each of Nghe An, An Giang, and Phu Yen, three in Bac Ninh, and two in Da Nang and two in Bac Giang. Among them, 221 cases were detected in quarantine or sealed-off areas.
As of 6:30pm, Vietnam confirmed 15,065 domestic and 1,798 imported cases. A total of 6,840 patients were given the all-clear, while the death toll reached 81. The latest death was a 61-year-old male from Ho Chi Minh City with a medical history of pulmonary tuberculosis.
Of the patients who are still under treatment, 278 tested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 14 twice and 81 thrice.
The number of local infections since the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks hit the country on April 27 amounted to 13,495, of whom 4,066 have recovered. Fourteen localities went through two weeks without new infections in the community./.
Vietnam recorded 175 new COVID-19 infections, including 172 domestically-transmitted and three imported cases, in the past six hours to 6pm on June 29, the Ministry of Health has announced.
Vietnam recorded 94 new COVID-19 infections, including 93 cases of community transmission and one imported, in the 12 hours to 6am on June 30, raising the tally to 16,507, the Ministry of Health said.
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Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Workers of the Wanek Furniture in Binh Duong province are resting in the company's quarantine area. (Photo: VNA) 
