Vietnam adds 239 cases to local Covid tally, mostly in HCMC By Le Nga July 3, 2021 | 06:44 am GMT+7 A medic guides local people coming for mass coronavirus tests in Binh Tan District, HCMC, June 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Huu Khoa. Vietnam recorded 239 new local Covid-19 patients Saturday morning in five localities, including 215 in HCMC. Of the cases in the southern metropolis, 182 were detected in areas under isolation in the community and in centralized quarantine camps, and the sources of transmission for the remaining 33 cases are still unclear. With them added, the domestic case count in HCMC has jumped to 4,938 so far in this wave.