Covid-19 news today March 16: Vietnam has 180,558 Covid-19 cases, Vinh Phuc and Binh Duong increase the most

On March 16, the National System of Covid-19 Case Management recorded 180,558 new cases in 62 provinces and cities, including 6 imported cases and 180,552 domestic infected patients (121,201 community cases). Compared to yesterday, the total number of cases increased by 5,084 cases.

Hanoi continues to lead in new F0 numbers with 26,220 cases. Nghe An ranked second with 10,797 patients. Vinh Phuc ranked third with 8,875 cases. Phu Tho ranked fourth with 8,335 patients. Bac Ninh recorded 5,751 patients, ranking 5th nationwide.

Some other provinces with a high number of infections per day include: Binh Duong (5,285), Hai Duong (4,972), Lang Son (4,941), Thai Nguyen (4,933), Lao Cai (4,810), Hung Yen (4,533), Son La (4,504), Dak Lak (4,472), Tuyen Quang (4,297), Hoa Binh (3,984), Ca Mau (3,881), Quang Binh (3,656), Dien Bien (3,608), Binh Dinh (3,115), Thai Binh (3,023), Quang Ninh (2,999), Bac Giang (2,978), Yen Bai (2,897), Ben Tre (2,686), Cao Bang (2,658), Nam Dinh (2,599), Lam Dong (2,598), Lai Chau (2,572). ), Binh Phuoc (2,436), Ninh Binh (2,331), Ha Nam (2,241), Quang Tri (2,160), Ha Giang (2,152), Gia Lai (2,078), City. Ho Chi Minh City (2,052), Vinh Long (1,770), Bac Kan (1,702), Tay Ninh (1,586), Dak Nong (1,465), Khanh Hoa (1,380), Da Nang (1,297), Tra Vinh (1,186), Thanh Hoa (1,071), Quang Ngai (1,048), Phu Yen (1,005),…

The localities that recorded the highest number of infections compared to the previous day: Vinh Phuc (+5,882), Binh Duong (+1,991), Ben Tre (+1,614). The localities where the number of infections decreased the most compared to the previous day: Hai Phong (-2,032), Ha Giang (-1,873), Hoa Binh (-862).

In addition, Nghe An Department of Health registered an additional 56,827 cases, Thanh Hoa Department of Health added 30,155 cases on the National Covid-19 case management system after reviewing and adding sufficient information.

To date, the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country is 6,820,458 cases, ranking 20th out of 225 countries and territories. Particularly, the fourth epidemic (from April 27) had an additional 6,812,818 cases due to domestic transmission. The localities with the highest cumulative number of infections in this outbreak: Hanoi (891,145), Ho Chi Minh City (575,229), Binh Duong (349,319), Bac Ninh (242,371) and Nghe An (297,937).

Regarding the treatment situation, on March 16, there were 167,163 Covid-19 patients announced to be cured. The total number of cured F0 is currently 3,547,488 cases, and 3,272,970 F0 are being treated. Of these, 4,210 are critically ill.

The Ministry of Health today announced 62 Covid-19 patients died in many localities. Specifically: Dong Nai (5), Hanoi (5), Nghe An (4), Bac Lieu (3), Da Nang (3), Gia Lai (3), Kien Giang (3), Quang Ninh (3) , HCMC (3), Ba Ria – Vung Tau (2), Bac Giang (2), Binh Duong (2), Can Tho (2), Dien Bien (2), Hau Giang (2), Quang Binh ( 2), Thai Nguyen (2), Vinh Long (2), An Giang (1), Bac Kan (1), Binh Dinh (1), Ca Mau (1), Dak Lak (1), Hai Phong (1) , Lam Dong (1), Lao Cai (1), Ninh Binh (1), Phu Yen (1), Tay Ninh (1), Thai Binh (1).

Up to now, Vietnam has had 41,607 deaths from Covid-19, accounting for 0.6% of total infections. The average number of deaths recorded in the past 7 days is 74 cases.

The total number of deaths of Vietnam ranks 24 out of 225 territories, the number of deaths per 1 million people ranks 128 out of 225 countries and territories in the world. Compared with Asia, the total number of deaths ranked 6/49 (3rd in ASEAN), deaths per 1 million people ranked 23/49 Asian countries and territories (ranked 4th in ASEAN).

The number of tests carried out from April 27 to now is 36,222,843 samples, equivalent to 81,949,741 turns of people, an increase of 243,847 samples compared to the previous day.

Regarding vaccination, yesterday (March 15), the health sector injected 213,625 more doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Thus, the whole country has administered a total of 200,729,854 doses of vaccine. In there:

The number of injections for people aged 18 years and over is 183,676,893 doses: 1st dose is 70,923,138 doses; dose 2 is 67,842,586 doses; dose 3 is 1,493,307 doses; the additional dose was 14,581,172 doses; booster dose is 28,836,690 doses.

Number of doses for children aged 12-17 is 17,052,961 doses: 1st dose is 8,751,020 doses; dose 2 is 8,301,941 doses.

Nguyen Lien