As of 5.00 pm on 22 May, the number of confirmed coronavirus (known as Covid-19) cases around the world has jumped to 5,213,222.

Viet Nam reported no new confirmed cases from May 21 afternoon to May 22 morning, and the country has stopped community transmission of Covid-19 for 36 straight days. According to  the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the country has remained unchanged in its case numbers at 324. In total, 184 of those confirmed cases were classed as "imported" which were quarantined after arrival in Viet Nam. Till date, 266 Covid-19 patients in Viet Nam have been given the all-clear while the remaining 58 are receiving treatment at nine medical facilities across the country.

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