HANOI, Oct 2 (VNS) - Viet Nam reports 5,490 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Saturday, Vietnam's health minstry said, bringing total to 803,202 cases.

The 5,490 new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday include 13 imported cases and 5,477 local infections detected in HCM City (2,723), Bình Dương (1,517), Đồng Nai (509), An Giang (139), Long An (107), Kiên Giang (77), Đắk Lắk (59), Bình Thuận (47), Hà Nam (42), Khánh Hòa (36), Tiền Giang (36), Cần Thơ (23), Tây Ninh (20), Ninh Thuận (16), Quảng Bình (15), Hà Nội (14), Quảng Trị (13), Quảng Ngãi (12), Nghệ An (10), Đắk Nông (7), Bắc Giang (6), Đồng Tháp (6), Hậu Giang (5), Phú Thọ (5), Bình Định (5), Vĩnh Long (4), Cà Mau (3), Bạc Liêu (3), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (3), Phú Yên (2), Nam Định (2), Bình Phước (2), Quảng Ninh (2), Hưng Yên (1), Trà Vinh (1), Đà Nẵng (1), Hải Dương (1), Lâm Đồng (1), Gia Lai (1), and Ninh Bình (1).

A further 164 COVID related deaths were also announced, bringing the total death toll to 19,601.