Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth

Caitlin Ashworth is a writer from the United States who has lived in Thailand since 2018. She graduated from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media studies in 2016. She was a reporter for the Daily Hampshire Gazette In Massachusetts. She also interned at the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia and Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida.
  • Covid-19 NewsMonday Covid Update: 15,972 new cases; provincial totals

    Monday Covid Update: 15,972 new cases; provincial totals

    15,972 new Covid-19 cases and 256 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported a total of 1,190,063 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, has accounted for 1,161,200 of those cases. The daily…

  • Covid-19 NewsMonday Covid Update: 15,972 new cases and 256 deaths

    Monday Covid Update: 15,972 new cases and 256 deaths

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 15,972 new Covid-19 cases and 256 coronavirus-related deaths today. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA recorded 17,281 recoveries. Thailand now has 176,137 active Covid-19 cases. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has reported 1,161,200 Covid-19 cases.…

  • Thailand NewsRestrictions eased in “dark red” provinces; new “Covid Free” initiative

    Restrictions eased in “dark red” provinces; new “Covid Free” initiative

    “Thai officials are shifting their focus to work on ways the public can safely live with the presence of the coronavirus rather than trying to completely eradicate it.” Disease control measures are easing in Thailand’s “dark red” provinces, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced today. Starting September 1, the ban on interprovincial public transportation will be lifted, restaurants will…

  • Covid-19 NewsFriday Covid Update: 18,702 new cases; provincial totals

    Friday Covid Update: 18,702 new cases; provincial totals

    18,702 new Covid-19 cases and 273 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, raising the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 1,139,571 and the Covid death toll in Thailand to 10,587. The latest and most severe wave of infections, first recorded on April 1, has accounted for 1,110,708 of the cases…

  • Thailand NewsThursday Covid Update: 18,501 new cases; provincial totals

    Thursday Covid Update: 18,501 new cases; provincial totals

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 18,501 new Covid-19 cases and 229 coronavirus-related deaths today. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA recorded 20,606 more recoveries. There are now 186,934 active Covid-19 cases, a downward trend over the past week. With the situation improving, restrictions are likely to be eased. Since the start of the pandemic…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid Update: 18,501 new cases and 229 deaths

    Thursday Covid Update: 18,501 new cases and 229 deaths

    18,501 new Covid-19 cases and 229 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. There have been 20,606 recoveries recorded over the past 24 hours. Thailand now has 186,934 active cases. Since April 1, the CCSA has reported 1,092,006 Covid-19 cases. Out of the new cases, 139 were found in correctional facilities. More than 40,000 inmates at…

  • Covid-19 NewsWednesday Covid Update: 18,417 new cases; provincial totals

    Wednesday Covid Update: 18,417 new cases; provincial totals

    18,417 new Covid-19 cases and 297 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported a total of 1,102,368 Covid-19 cases. The latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, has accounted for 1,073,505 of those cases. 10,085…

  • Covid-19 NewsWednesday Covid Update: 18,417 new cases and 297 deaths

    Wednesday Covid Update: 18,417 new cases and 297 deaths

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 18,417 new Covid-19 cases and 297 coronavirus-related deaths today. The CCSA also reported 21,186 more recoveries over the past 24 hours. In the latest and most severe wave of Covid-19 in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has recorded a total of 1,073,505 cases. There are now 189,268 people being treated for…

  • Covid-19 NewsTuesday Covid Update: 17,165 new cases and 226 deaths

    Tuesday Covid Update: 17,165 new cases and 226 deaths

    17,165 new Covid-19 cases and 226 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Another 20,059 patients were marked as “recovered” in the 24-hour period since the last count. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has reported a total of 1,055,088 Covid-19 cases.…

  • Covid-19 NewsMonday Covid Update: 17,491 new cases; provincial totals

    Monday Covid Update: 17,491 new cases; provincial totals

    17,491 new Covid-19 cases and 242 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the 24-hour period since the last count, 22,134 recoveries from Covid-19 have been reported. There are now 195,454 people being treated for the coronavirus. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported 1,066,786 Covid-19 infections. The latest and most…

  • Covid-19 NewsMonday Covid Update: 17,491 new cases and 242 deaths

    Monday Covid Update: 17,491 new cases and 242 deaths

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration recorded 17,491 new Covid-19 cases today and 242 coronavirus-related deaths. A total of 1,037,923 people have tested positive for Covid-19 since April 1, the start of the latest and most severe wave of the coronavirus in Thailand. There are now 195,454 people being treated for Covid-19. The number of active cases has been on…

  • Covid-19 NewsFriday Covid Update: 19,851 new cases; provincial totals

    Friday Covid Update: 19,851 new cases; provincial totals

    Thailand’s total Covid-19 case count since the start of the pandemic has surpassed 1 million. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 19,851 new Covid-19 cases and 240 coronavirus-related deaths today. Out of the 1,009,710 Covid-19 cases reported since the start of the pandemic last year, 980,847 have been reported in the latest and most severe wave, first recorded on…

  • Thailand NewsNo drinking of snake blood at this year’s Cobra Gold military exercise, PETA says

    No drinking of snake blood at this year’s Cobra Gold military exercise, PETA says

    The controversial practice of decapitating snakes and pouring the blood into soldiers’ mouths is apparently no longer part of the jungle survival training for US and other foreign troops at Thailand’s annual Cobra Gold military exercise. PETA, or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has been calling for an end to the snake blood exercise and the killing…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid Update: 20,902 new cases; provincial totals

    Thursday Covid Update: 20,902 new cases; provincial totals

    20,902 new Covid-19 cases were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Around half of those cases are in central Thailand. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported at total of 989,859 Covid-19 cases. The latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, has accounted for 960,996 of…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid Update: 20,902 new cases and 301 deaths

    Thursday Covid Update: 20,902 new cases and 301 deaths

    20,902 new Covid-19 cases and 301 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA has recorded 22,208 recoveries. There are now 205,946 people receiving treatment for Covid-19. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA…

  • Covid-19 NewsWednesday Covid Update: 20,515 new cases; provincial totals

    Wednesday Covid Update: 20,515 new cases; provincial totals

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 20,515 new Covid-19 cases and a record high of 312 coronavirus-related deaths. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported a total of 968,967 confirmed Covid-19 infections and 8,285 coronavirus-related fatalities. There are now 207,553 people in Thailand receiving treatment for the coronavirus, a decline over the past few…

  • Covid-19 NewsTuesday Covid Update: 20,128 new cases; provincial totals

    Tuesday Covid Update: 20,128 new cases; provincial totals

    20,128 new Covid-19 cases and 239 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. 20,791 people have recovered from a Covid infection in the 24 hours since the last report. There are now 210,032 active Covid-19 cases. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA…

  • Covid-19 NewsTuesday Covid Update: 20,128 new cases and 239 deaths

    Tuesday Covid Update: 20,128 new cases and 239 deaths

    20,128 new Covid-19 cases and 239 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. 20,791 people have recovered from a Covid infection in the 24 hours since the last report. There are now 210,032 active Covid-19 cases. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA…

  • Phuket NewsCCSA approves “7+7” island hop extension to “Phuket Sandbox”

    CCSA approves “7+7” island hop extension to “Phuket Sandbox”

    The so-called “7+7” island hop extension to the “Phuket Sandbox” reopening scheme has been approved by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, allowing travellers from overseas who are vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter Phuket, stay on the island for seven days, and then travel on a sealed route to specified destinations in Surat Thani, Krabi, and Phang Nga. Under the…

  • Covid-19 NewsZoning, restrictions extended until Aug 31; CCSA discusses “Covid Pass”

    Zoning, restrictions extended until Aug 31; CCSA discusses “Covid Pass”

    The order outlining disease control restrictions and the colour-coded provincial zoning based on Covid-19 infection rates has been extended until August 31 and a slight revision has been made to the order. Along with approving the extension, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration also discussed initiatives to contain the virus and a potential “Thai Covid Pass” for vaccinated residents, with…

  • Covid-19 NewsMonday Covid Update: 21,157 new cases and 182 deaths

    Monday Covid Update: 21,157 new cases and 182 deaths

    21,157 new cases and 182 new coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Since April 1, in the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, the CCSA has reported 899,451 Covid-19 cases. There are currently 210,934 people in Thailand being treated for the coronavirus. Out of the new cases reported today, 658…

  • Covid-19 NewsWednesday Covid Update: 21,038 new cases and 207 deaths

    Wednesday Covid Update: 21,038 new cases and 207 deaths

    21,038 new Covid-19 cases and 207 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the latest and most severe wave of infections, first recorded on April 1, 788,126 infections have been reported. There are now 210,042 active Covid-19 cases. Out of the new cases reported today, 173 were found in correctional facilities. More than 40,000 inmates at…

  • Covid-19 NewsTuesday Covid Update: High of 235 deaths; provincial totals

    Tuesday Covid Update: High of 235 deaths; provincial totals

    A record high of 235 coronavirus-related deaths was reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 6,588 with 6,494 of those fatalities reported since April 1 in the latest and most severe wave of the virus. The CCSA also reported 19,843 new Covid-19 cases today. There are now 211,223 people in…

  • Covid-19 NewsTuesday Covid Update: 19,843 new cases and 235 deaths

    Tuesday Covid Update: 19,843 new cases and 235 deaths

    19,843 new Covid-19 cases and 235 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, the CCSA has reported 767,088 Covid-19 infections. There are currently 211,223 people receiving treatment for the coronavirus. Out of the new cases, 398 were found in correctional facilities. The latest wave of…

  • Thailand NewsMonday Covid Update: 19,603 new cases and 149 deaths

    Monday Covid Update: 19,603 new cases and 149 deaths

    19,603 new Covid-19 cases and 149 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. There are now 214,421 people receiving treatment for the coronavirus. In the latest and most severe wave of the virus in Thailand, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has reported 747,245 Covid-19 infections. Out of the new cases, 313 were found…

  • Covid-19 NewsFriday Covid Update: 21,379 new cases; provincial totals

    Friday Covid Update: 21,379 new cases; provincial totals

    A high of 21,379 new Covid-19 cases and 191 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. There are now 212,926 active Covid-19 cases in Thailand. A total of 714,684 Covid-19 cases have been reported by the CCSA since the start of the pandemic last year. The latest and most severe wave of the virus, first…

  • Covid-19 NewsFriday Covid Update: 21,379 new cases and 191 deaths

    Friday Covid Update: 21,379 new cases and 191 deaths

    The number of Covid-19 infections and deaths continues to rise and hit record highs. Today, 21,379 new Covid-19 cases and 191 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. On Wednesday, the daily case count exceeded 20,000 and the daily fatality count hit a high of 188. There are now 212,926 active Covid-19 cases in Thailand. In…

  • Covid-19 News5.7% of foreign residents in Thailand have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine

    5.7% of foreign residents in Thailand have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine

    Around 5.7% of foreign residents in Thailand have been injected with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from March 12 to July 30, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. Out of the 280,075 foreign residents vaccinated, only 74,587 of them have received both doses of the vaccine. Only 20,903 foreign residents ages 60 and above, a…

  • Covid-19 NewsThursday Covid Update: High of 20,920 new cases and 160 deaths

    Thursday Covid Update: High of 20,920 new cases and 160 deaths

    A record high of 20,920 new Covid-19 cases and 160 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. In the latest and most severe wave of Covid-19, first recorded on April 1, the CCSA has recorded 664,442 Covid-19 cases. Over the last 24 hours since the last count, the CCSA recorded 17,926 recoveries. Thailand now has 213,910…

  • Covid-19 NewsWednesday Covid Update: 20,200 new cases, provincial totals

    Wednesday Covid Update: 20,200 new cases, provincial totals

    Thailand’s daily counts for Covid-19 cases and deaths hit record highs today with 20,200 new Covid-19 cases and 188 coronavirus-related fatalities recorded today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. A total of 672,395 confirmed Covid-19 infections and 5,503 coronavirus-related deaths have been recorded in Thailand since the start of the pandemic last year. Thailand’s latest and most severe wave…