Vietnam recorded an additional 26 new cases of COVID-19, including 18 locally-transmitted cases, during the past 12 hours to 6pm on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Health. 

Notably, 14 of the cases in Hanoi were detected at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, becoming a new coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam. The hospital was cordoned off during the day for epidemiological investigation, contact tracing and testing.

The remaining 8 cases are imported cases who have been quarantined upon their arrival in Vietnam.  

To date, Vietnam has had a total of 3,022 COVID-19 patients with 2,560 recoveries.