Number of new cases decreased, lowest in more than a month

According to the Covid-19 epidemic prevention bulletin of the Ministry of Health, on May 27, there were 839 new Covid-19 cases, the day with the lowest number of cases in more than a month.

Ngày 27/5: Có 839 ca Covid-19 mới, thấp nhất trong hơn 5 tuần qua

May 27: There were 839 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in more than 5 weeks.

Covid-19 epidemic situation in Vietnam

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,609,537 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 117,323 infections per 1 million people).

Covid-19 treatment situation

1. Number of patients recovered:

- Patients announced to be cured on the day: 198 cases

- Total number of cured cases: 10,637,336 cases

2. The number of patients on oxygen is 22 cases, including:

- Oxygen breathing through mask: 17 cases

- High flow oxygen HFNC: 1 case

- Non-invasive ventilation: 3 cases

- Invasive mechanical ventilation: 1 case

- ECMO: 0 cases

3. Number of deaths:

- 0 deaths recorded on 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 43,206, 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).

Covid-19 vaccination situation

On May 26, 1,349 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were injected. Thus, the total number of doses of vaccine injected was 266,406,210 doses, of which:

+ Number of doses for people aged 18 and over is 223,738,829 doses: 1st dose is 70,909,168 doses; 2nd dose is 68,455,651 doses; Supplementary dose is 14,344,115 doses; 1st booster dose is 52,132,786 doses; 2nd booster dose is 17,897,109 doses.

+ Number of injections for children from 12-17 years old is 23,965,543 doses: 1st dose is 9,130,889 doses; 2nd dose is 9,021,366 doses; 1st booster dose is 5,813,288 doses.

+ Number of doses for children aged 5-11 is 18,701,838 doses: 10,227,642 doses for dose 1; 8,474,196 doses for dose 2.

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