3,323 new Covid-19 cases and a record high of 47 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. There has been a total of 112,354 infections recorded since April 1, the latest wave of Covid-19.
Out of the new cases, 1,219 were in correctional facilities, adding to the thousands of inmates at around a dozen Thai prisons who have contracted the virus.
The daily Covid death count continues to be on the rise with recorded fatalities surpassing 40 over the past few days.
Covid-19 variants first found in India, the UK and South Africa have been spread in Thailand during the recent wave of infections while a person in quarantine tested positive for the variant first found in Brazil. The outbreak in Bangkok nightlife districts back in April, sending Thailand into a new wave of infections, is said to be linked to the more contagious variant first found in the UK.
More information will be reported by the CCSA during the 12:30pm daily briefing.
(Source: – The Thaiger)