(HÀ NỘI): — Việt Nam registered 14,835 new coronavirus patients on Saturday.

The total number of infections since the start of the pandemic now stands at 1,746,092.

Thirteen of the new infections were imported and the remaining domestic.

New transmissions were reported in 62 provinces and cities across the country.

Twenty cases of the Omicron variant have been recorded in Việt Nam, all of which were quarantined immediately after entry, in Hà Nội (1), Quảng Nam (14) and HCM City (5).

A total of 9,628 infections were detected in the community.

The capital city of Hà Nội continued to be the leading locality on the list, with 1,748 infections.