As many as 94 COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City died on December 6, the highest figure recorded in the city over two months, according to the municipal Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

HCM City is seeing a rising number of COVID-19 deaths, recording up to 70 COVID-19 deaths daily in the last week, around three times higher than the figure in late October.

Three people who died after taking the Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine earlier this week had suffered an adverse allergic reaction, health officials have ruled.

Vietnam has announced 159 new deaths related to Covid-19 in eight provinces and cities, including 132 cases in HCM City.

The Ministry of Health on July 19 announced an additional 80 COVID-19 fatalities recorded in six localities from July 9 to 19.

Vietnam as of July 10 had reported 26,608 Covid-19 infection cases and 110 deaths.

The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s Treatment Sub-Committee on July 13 announced five more deaths related to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities to 130.

Four more deaths related to COVID-19 were announced by health authorities Monday morning, including two people in their forties.

Seven more COVID-19 patients have died in Vietnam during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on July 11.