HÀ NỘI, 07 Mar (VN)- Việt Nam reported a record 147,358 COVID-19 infections on Monday, bringing the country’s caseload since the start of the pandemic to 4,582,058.

Of the new cases, 23 were imported and quarantined upon arrival.

Hà Nội continued to top the daily numbers with a record 32,317 transmissions, and 15 deaths, in the past 24 hours.

A further 78 COVID-related deaths were reported, raising the nation's death toll since the pandemic started to 40,891.

Á many as 36,993 COVID patients made a full recovery, with the total number of recovered patients in Việt Nam reaching 2,718,440.

4,104 COVID patients are in serious or critical condition with the majority requiring oxygen, 327 requiring invasive ventilation and eight on life support.

More than 197.9 million COVID vaccine doses have been administered in Việt Nam so far, including over 180.8 million doses for adults.

A total of 17,022,660 million COVID vaccine doses have been given to children aged 12-17.