More than 1,400 new cases, 543 recovered, 1 F0 death

The Ministry of Health's Covid-19 epidemic prevention bulletin on May 23 said that today there were 1,438 new cases, an increase of more than 200 cases compared to the previous day, with one death recorded in Ben Tre .

Tiêm vaccine Covid-19 cho người dân trên địa bàn TP. Hà Nội. (Nguồn: SK&ĐS)

Covid-19 vaccination for people in Hanoi . (Source: SK&DS)

Covid-19 epidemic situation in Vietnam

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,605,398 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 117,281 infections per 1 million people).

Covid-19 treatment situation

1. Number of patients cured:

- Patients announced to be cured on the day: 543 cases

- Total number of cured cases: 10,635,912 cases

2. The number of patients on oxygen is 77 cases, of which:

- Oxygen breathing through mask: 64 cases

- High flow oxygen ventilation (HFNC): 8 cases

- Non-invasive ventilation: 2 cases

- Invasive mechanical ventilation: 3 cases

- ECMO: 0 cases

3. Number of deaths:

- 1 death was recorded on the day in: Ben Tre.

- 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 43,205, 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 22, 32,419 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were injected. Thus, the total number of vaccine doses injected was 266,382,144 doses, of which:

+ The number of injections for people aged 18 and over is 223,726,967 doses: 1st dose is 70,909,110 doses; 2nd dose is 68,455,527 doses; Supplementary dose is 14,344,113 doses; 1st booster dose is 52,128,501 doses; 2nd booster dose is 17,889,716 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 injections for children from 5-11 years old is 18,689,634 doses: 1st dose is 10,224,237 doses; 2nd dose is 8,465,397 doses.

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