2,013 new cases

According to the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control bulletin of the Ministry of Health, on May 16, there were 2,013 new cases.

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,594,619 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 117,172 infections per 1 million people).

Number of recovered patients: Patients announced to be recovered today: 275 cases. Total number of cured cases: 10,632,851 cases. Number of patients on oxygen: 81 cases, including: Oxygen breathing via mask: 73 cases; high flow oxygen breathing HFNC: 3 cases; non-invasive ventilation: 1 case; invasive ventilation: 4 cases; ECMO: 0 cases.

Number of deaths: 0 deaths recorded during the day. Average number of deaths recorded in the past 7 days: 1 case. The total number of deaths due to Covid-19 in Vietnam to date is 43,201 cases, accounting for 0.4% of the total number of infections.

Total deaths ranked 26th out of 231 territories, deaths per 1 million people ranked 141st out of 231 countries and territories in the world. Compared to Asia, total deaths ranked 7th out of 50 (ranked 3rd in ASEAN), deaths per 1 million people ranked 29th out of 50 countries and territories in Asia (ranked 5th in ASEAN).

On May 15, 4,867 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were injected. Thus, the total number of vaccine doses injected was 266,339,668 doses, of which: The number of doses injected for people aged 18 and over was 223,693,897 doses: 70,908,851 doses for the first dose; 68,453,258 doses for the second dose; 14,343,935 doses for the supplementary dose; 52,122,810 doses for the first booster dose; 17,865,043 doses for the second booster dose. The number of doses injected for children aged 12-17 was 23,965,543 doses: 9,130,889 doses for the first dose; 9,021,366 doses for the second dose; The first booster dose is 5,813,288 doses. The number of doses for children aged 5-11 is 18,680,228 doses: The first dose is 10,221,246 doses; the second dose is 8,458,982 doses.

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