Ho Chi Minh City remained the country’s biggest pandemic hot spot with 4,516 cases while Binh Duong province registered 2,358 cases and Hanoi, 39.
The national total cases have now amounted to 275,044 and the death toll, 5,774.
Also on August 15, 5,519 patients were given all-clear, bringing the number of total recoveries to 99,730.