(Bloomberg) -- Vietnam on Tuesday reported its first day without an official death from Covid-19 since Aug. 21 as recorded daily infections have dropped significantly in recent weeks, the health ministry's publication Suc Khoe Doi Song said on Wednesday.
Vietnam's seven-day local infection average dropped to 5,121 a day on Tuesday, down from a seven-day average of 75,319 reported on April 3, according to the health ministry. The nation's seven-day average of deaths dropped to two a day from 42 a day a month earlier.
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The country has administered two vaccine shots to 100 percent of its adult population and provided three shots to 57.4% of them, according to the health ministry.
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