HÀ NỘI, 15 Mar (VN)- Việt Nam reported a record 175,480 COVID-19 infections on Tuesday bringing the country’s caseload since the start of the pandemic to 6,552,918.

The 175,480 new COVID-19 cases include 12 imported cases and 175,468 local infections detected in Hà Nội (26,708), Nghệ An (10,752), Phú Thọ (9,062), Hải Dương (5,464), Bắc Ninh (5,007), Thái Nguyên (4,920), Hưng Yên (4,906), Hòa Bình (4,846), Sơn La (4,827), Lạng Sơn (4,584), Cà Mau (4,476), Lào Cai (4,238), Hà Giang (4,025), Tuyên Quang (3,987), Đắk Lắk (3,980), Điện Biên (3,296), Bình Dương (3,294), Cao Bằng (3,056), Quảng Bình (3,024), Bắc Giang (2,997), Thái Bình (2,994), Vĩnh Phúc (2,993), Quảng Ninh (2,992), Gia Lai (2,872), Yên Bái (2,827), Nam Định (2,805), Lai Châu (2,593), Bình Định (2,567), Lâm Đồng (2,398), Hà Nam (2,391), Ninh Bình (2,316), Hồ Chí Minh City (2,246), Quảng Trị (2,246), Tây Ninh (2,074), Hải Phòng (2,032), Bắc Kạn (1,950), Bình Phước (1,871), Khánh Hòa (1,725), Đắk Nông (1,627), Vĩnh Long (1,313), Đà Nẵng (1,277), Phú Yên (1,254), Bến Tre (1,072), Thanh Hóa (1,064), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (1,048), Hà Tĩnh (986), Trà Vinh (983), Quảng Ngãi (907), Bình Thuận (824), Quảng Nam (334), Bạc Liêu (244), Thừa Thiên Huế (228), Cần Thơ (195), Long An (169), Kiên Giang (137), An Giang (120), Đồng Tháp (68), Kon Tum (67), Đồng Nai (66), Sóc Trăng (65), Ninh Thuận (41), Hậu Giang (22), and Tiền Giang (16). Of these 128,256 were found in the community.

An additional 68 COVID-related deaths were announced, bringing the total death toll to 41,477.