COVID-19 epidemic today: Number of infections decreased

Regarding the COVID-19 epidemic situation today , the Ministry of Health said that from 4:00 p.m. on May 17 to 4:00 p.m. on May 18, the whole country recorded 1,927 cases, a slight decrease compared to the total number of cases the previous day.

COVID-19 pandemic chart

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,598,589 infections, ranking 13th out of 231 countries and territories, while with the rate of infections per 1 million people, Vietnam ranks 120th out of 231 countries and territories (on average, there are 117,212 infections per 1 million people).

During the day, 469 more patients were declared cured, bringing the total number of cured cases to 10,634,173. The number of patients on oxygen is 67.

The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in Vietnam to date is 43,201, accounting for 0.4% of the total number of infections.

Total deaths ranked 26th/231 territories, deaths per 1 million people ranked 141st/231 countries and territories in the world .

On May 17, 1,827 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered. Thus, the total number of doses administered was 266,343,456, of which 223,696,330 doses were administered to people aged 18 and over; 23,965,543 doses were administered to children aged 12-17; and 18,681,583 doses were administered to children aged 5-11.

D.Thu

Source: https://nld.com.vn/suc-khoe/dich-covid-19-hom-nay-so-ca-nhiem-giam-20230518171007802.htm