The State of the Outbreak
As Tet & Omicron loom large
Hello! After a delay due to me having Covid-19, I figured it was time for a subscriber-only deeper dive on Vietnam’s ongoing outbreak, which won’t actually end at this point. If you’d like to upgrade to a paid subscription (US$5/month, US$50/year), you can do so below.
Infections & Deaths on the Rise
Not counting a couple of recent days where large backlogs were added to the case total, yesterday say the most new infections nationally since September 7.
According to VnExpress data, the rolling seven-day case average (13,431) is higher than it’s ever been, though that is skewed by those backlog days. The number of active cases - 222,571 - is also just below the previous peak of roughly 225,000. There’s no denying that we are in the middle of another surge.
