HÀ NỘI, 17 Mar (VN)- Việt Nam reported a record 178,112 COVID-19 infections on Thursday bringing the country’s caseload since the start of the pandemic to 7,174,423.

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 The new infections include three imported ones with the remaining domestic transmissions being found in Hà Nội (25,311), Nghệ An (10,511), Lào Cai (9,574), Phú Thọ (7,867), Bắc Ninh (5,020), Lạng Sơn (4,869), Hải Dương (4,856), Thái Nguyên (4,835), Đắk Lắk (4,592), Tuyên Quang (4,389), Bình Dương (4,264), Hưng Yên (3,971), Vĩnh Phúc (3,870), Hòa Bình (3,844), Cà Mau (3,747), Sơn La (3,699), Gia Lai (3,620), Quảng Bình (3,565), Thái Bình (3,157), Bắc Giang (2,985), Yên Bái (2,977), Bình Định (2,955), Điện Biên (2,945), Quảng Ninh (2,885), Cao Bằng (2,880), Lâm Đồng (2,861), Hải Phòng (2,844), Bến Tre (2,734), Quảng Trị (2,417), Hồ Chí Minh (2,369), Lai Châu (2,279), Nam Định (2,265), Ninh Bình (2,260), Hà Nam (2,160), Bình Phước (1,987), Tây Ninh (1,986), Vĩnh Long (1,952), Hà Giang (1,920), Bắc Kạn (1,639), Khánh Hòa (1,382), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (1,270), Phú Yên (1,196), Đà Nẵng (1,086), Đắk Nông (995), Thanh Hóa (933), Hà Tĩnh (927), Trà Vinh (873), Quảng Ngãi (820), Kon Tum (793), Bình Thuận (783), Thừa Thiên Huế (505), Quảng Nam (358), Bạc Liêu (287), Đồng Nai (250), Long An (174), Cần Thơ (133), An Giang (130), Kiên Giang (90), Đồng Tháp (75), Sóc Trăng (57), Hậu Giang (53), Ninh Thuận (40), and Tiền Giang (38). Details follow shortly.

An additional 76 COVID-related deaths were announced, bringing the total death toll to 41,684.