At the end of April 2021, the country only reported 3,428 coronavirus-infected people, so that 99.82% of total had been detected since then, due to the emergence of Delta variant.

Through mid-December, southern Ho Chi Minh City was epicenter of the outbreak, but cases started off by dropping and rising in Hanoi that is currently reporting the highest numbers among 60 cities and provinces harshly hit by the pandemic.

Vietnam´s Health Ministry has reported 206 deaths, so the country´s death toll jumped to 35,170.

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