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They included 55 imported cases and 16,417 locally-transmitted cases in 60 cities and provinces.

Also on Thursday, 28,369 COVID-19 patients fully recovered bringing the total recoveries in Vietnam to 1,464,415. In the last 24 hours, 170 COVID-19 patients died.  

So far, Vietnam has reported 1,843,563 COVID-19 infections. The country has administered nearly 157 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.