Today's English "Việt Nam logs 254 COVID-19 cases on June 5"

Việt Nam logs 254 COVID-19 cases on June 5.

An additional 254 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on June 5, raising the national tally to 8,541 according to the Health Ministry.

Of the number, eight are imported cases, while among 246 locally-infected cases, 149 are in Bắc Giang, 55 in Bắc Ninh, 31 in HCM City, two in Hà Tĩnh, one in Tiền Giang, two in Vĩnh Phúc, two in Bình Dương, one in Hà Nam, one in Lạng Sơn, one in K Hospital and one in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

The number of cases recorded in the latest wave of outbreaks since April 27 rose to 5,420.

A total of 3,310 patients have been given the all-clear, while the death toll rose to 53, most of whom were suffering from serious underlying illnesses.

Over 176,870 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined across the country.

An additional 60,701 people received COVID-19 vaccine shots on June 4, while 32,401 people have received two shots. The total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered so far rose to more than 1.21 million.