As of 11.00 am on 18 April, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 2,250,757.

No new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Viet Nam over the past 48 hours. The National Steering Committee on Covid-19 Prevention and Control has made the announcement on Saturday morning. It means the total number of Covid-19 infections remains at 268. Of those, 198 people have been treated and made a full recovery from the illness.

Thus far six people have been diagnosed with the disease in Da Nang, and all of them have been cleared of the virus.

 Designed by THANH HUYEN - Translated by MAI DUNG