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Thailand on Friday (October 29) reported 8,968 new COVID-19 cases, 8,747 recoveries and 64 additional deaths over the past 24 hours.
▶︎ Total infections since April 1: 1,865,078
▶︎ Total recoveries since since April 1: 1,748,144
Friday’s cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 1,893,941 with 19,070 deaths.
The news comes as doctors in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Mai are expressing serious concerns that COVID-19 infections there are approaching a critical level, with the ICU wards in two hospitals almost fully occupied.
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Chiang Mai University Prof. Dr. Bannakit Lojanapiwat, said in a written statement issued today (Thursday) that daily new infections in the province averaged 400 in the past several days and new clusters are emerging on a daily basis.
(Source: – Asean Now)