Wednesday, 06:58, 28/07/2021
VOV.VN - As many as 2,861 cases were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, including three imported ones, pushing the national tally to 117,121, said the Ministry of Health in its July 28 morning update.
Of the domestic infections, 2,115 were detected in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai (134), Tay Ninh (120), Dong Thap (91), Khanh Hoa (86), Hanoi (69), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (56), Tra Vinh (38) , Ben Tre (32), Phu Yen (30), Tien Giang (30), An Giang (24), Dak Lak (13), Soc Trang (12), Can Tho (5), Binh Dinh (2) and Hai Duong (1)
Among the new cases, 403 were recorded in the community and the rest in isolation or lockdown areas.
With the latest discovery, the nation has so far confirmed 114,915 local infections, and 2,206 imported ones.
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How Vietnam’s Rice-First Policy Weakened the Mekong Delta Against Climate Change 28/07/2021
A rice field in the Mekong delta. Photo: Thomas Schoch/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Citizens and government officials resorted to drastic measures this year to prepare for the annual dry season in Vietnam’s Mekong delta.
As debate rages over the causes of and solutions to the drought, the government is building large reservoirs to deal with the increasingly dry delta. Work is expected to begin on a 57-hectare artificial lake in Ben Tre province. Lac Dia will be the largest freshwater reservoir in the region once completed, and is expected to store 1.3 million cubic metres of water. On a smaller scale, farmers have turned to cement and plastic containers to store rainwater for their families and livestock for the 2020-2021 dry season.
Vietnam reports 7,913 new COVID-19 cases, 114,260 in total
Xinhua
28 Jul 2021, 08:05 GMT+10
HANOI, July 27 (Xinhua) Vietnam recorded 7,913 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, including 7,911 locally transmitted and two imported, according to the country s Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the total tally to 114,260 with 524 deaths, the ministry said. Among the community cases, 6,318 were reported in the southern epicenter Ho Chi Minh City, 303 in the southern Dong Thap province, and 239 in the southern Dong Nai province. As many as 22,946 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered, up 1,602 from Monday, while 4.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide, according to the ministry.