Illustrative photo: Ministry of Health |
For the ratio of infections per million people, Vietnam ranks 144th out of 225 countries and territories. More than 2 million people have recovered from COVID-19.
The death toll rose to 37,668 on Monday, accounting for 1.7% of the total infections.
Vietnam has to date administered more than 181 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, including over 74 million second jabs and almost 28 million third injections. Vietnam has set a target of completing 3rd injections for people above 18 years old in the first quarter of this year.