Workers have samples taken for COVID-19 testing before returning to work (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported 16 new
COVID-19
cases over the past 12 hours to 6pm on February 28, raising the
national tally to
2,448, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and
Control.
Among the new infections, 12 locally infected
cases were recorded in the northern province of Hai Duong, the country's largest COVID-19 hotspot, and four imported
cases were found in the southern provinces of Tay Ninh and Dong Thap.
Of the total count, 1,542 were locally infected, including 849 cases since
January 27.
A total 1,876 COVID-19
patients have recovered so
far, and the death toll remains at 35.