### [2021-10-27](/feed/2021/10/27/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Vietnam surpasses 900,000 cases of COVID-19. 

HCMC – Vietnam’s Covid-19 case count today jumped to 900,585 after the Ministry of Health confirmed 4,411 daily new cases, with seven of them imported and 4,404 locally infected in 47 cities and provinces, up by 812 cases against yesterday. HCMC remained the country’s largest coronavirus hotbed with 1,140 new cases, up by 357 cases […]


### Sources:

1. [The Saigon Times](https://english.thesaigontimes.vn/vietnams-covid-case-count-surpasses-900000/) [Image](https://english.thesaigontimes.vn/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/covid-27.10-.jpg)

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