Fifteen new domestically-transmitted Covid-19 cases were detected in Vietnam in the 12 hours leading up to 6 a.m. May 8, according to the Ministry of Health.

The new infections include one case in the capital city of Hanoi, with the others in northern Bac Ninh Province.

With these new patients, the total number of Covid-19 infections in Vietnam has risen to 3,152, including 1,746 domestic cases. A total of 176 cases have been found since the latest wave hit the country on April 27.

According to the health ministry's Medical Service Administration, 2,560 patients have been given the all-clear from coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while the death toll remains at 35.

Among active patients undergoing treatment, 24 tested negative to the virus once, 12 twice, and 38 three times.

As many as 42,293 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit regions have been quarantined across the country, including 685 in hospitals, 22,810 in concentrated quarantine establishments and 18,998 at their place of residence.

On May 7, an additional 54,130 people were vaccinated against Covid-19, raising the total number to 801,957. They are mostly frontline medical workers, members of local steering committees for Covid-19 prevention and control, and members of the police and military.