All the new patients were put under quarantine upon arrival. Vietnam entered the 53rd consecutive day without any community infections.

As many as 1,057 patients have recovered while 35 have died from complications related to the disease. Most of the fatalities were the elderly with serious underlying health conditions.

As of Sunday, there had been more than 43 million COVID-19 patients around the world. The US, India, and Brazil continued to report a rise in infections.