HANOI, 21 Sept (VNS) - Viet Nam reports 11,92 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Tuesday, Vietnam's health minstry said, bringing total to 707,436 cases.

The 11,692 new COVID-19 cases include five imported cases and 11,687 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (6,521), Bình Dương (3,609), Đồng Nai (590), Long An (254), Kiên Giang (134), An Giang (121), Tiền Giang (105), Tây Ninh (59), Cần Thơ (43), Đồng Tháp (27), Bình Định (22), Khánh Hòa (18), Đà Nẵng (15), Bình Thuận (15), Cà Mau (14), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (13), Hà Nội (12), Hà Nam (12), Quảng Bình (12), Ninh Thuận (11), Bình Phước (11), Đắk Nông (10), Đắk Lắk (10), Phú Yên (10), Quảng Ngãi (9), Vĩnh Long (6), Hậu Giang (6), Thanh Hóa (4), Bạc Liêu (4), Lâm Đồng (3), Nghệ An (3), Quảng Nam (2), Trà Vinh (1), and Bến Tre (1).

An additional 240 COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total fatalities to 17,545.