COVID-19 epidemic today: 2,043 more infections

Regarding the COVID-19 epidemic situation today , the Ministry of Health said that from 4:00 p.m. on May 16 to 4:00 p.m. on May 17, the whole country recorded 2,043 cases, a slight increase compared to the number of cases the previous day.

COVID-19 pandemic chart

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,596,662 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 117,193 infections per 1 million people).

During the day, 853 patients were declared cured, bringing the total number of cured cases to 10,633,704. The number of patients receiving oxygen is 75, of which 3 are on invasive ventilators.

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 16, 875 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered. Thus, the total number of doses administered was 266,341,032. Of these, 223,694,570 doses were administered to people aged 18 and over; 23,965,543 doses were administered to children aged 12-17; and 18,680,919 doses were administered to children aged 5-11.

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Source: https://nld.com.vn/suc-khoe/dich-covid-19-hom-nay-2043-ca-nhiem-20230517173847875.htm