Daily tally falls sharply by over 1,400, more than 55,000 recover from virus
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed a further 13,694 new COVID-19 cases nationwide on January 30, marking a drop of 1,444 cases from one day earlier, and bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 2.2 million.
Of the new cases, a total of 8,196 were found within the local community and 38 were imported.
Hanoi currently tops the daily case list with over 2,900 new cases, followed by Da Nang city with 876 infections and Bac Ninh with 803 cases.
The average number of new cases in the country over the past seven days has stood at more than 15,000 a day, while the national death rate has been at a daily average of 136.
The Health Ministry also confirmed a further 55,018 recoveries on the same day, thereby bringing the total number of recovered cases up to over 2 million.
A further 121 casualties were also confirmed over the past 24 hours to raise the country’s death toll to 37,668.
As of January 29, more than 181 million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including over 74 million people who have received two jabs, and over 27 million who have been given their booster shots.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged provinces and cities nationwide to accelerate the vaccination campaign during the lunar New Year festival (Tet) in order to finalize the second shot for teenagers aged between 12-17 in January and the third dose for adults in the initial quarter of this year.
It is designed to ensure that all children and adults who still need vaccinations are able to get the shots during the occasion, especially high-risk people.