Vietnam reports a new daily record of 94,385 new Covid-19 cases, total tally now tops 3.4 million on Monday (Feb 28)

Vietnam logged a new daily record of 94,385 Covid-19 infections on Monday, taking the total to over 3.4 million cases, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, up 7,395 cases from Sunday, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 94,376 domestically transmitted and nine imported. Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the epidemic hotspot with 12,850 cases on Monday, also its highest ever daily number, followed by northern Quang Ninh province with 9,105 cases, and central Nghe An province with 3,958 cases. On the same day, health authorities documented 28,095 Covid-19 cases detected earlier in northern Quang Ninh province.