CCSA Update: 171 new Covid-19 cases

Caitlin AshworthPublished: 13:06, 19 January 2021| Updated: 13:06, 19 January 2021

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CCSA Update: 171 new Covid-19 cases — วันที่ 20 ธ.ค. 63 บรรยกาศตรวจ covid 19 ที่บริเวญหอพักตลาด thai union จังหวัดสมุทรสาคร หลังจากเมื่อวันที่ 19 ธ.ค 63 มีผู้ติดเชื้อสะสม 548 ราย โดยประชาชนที่เข้ามาตรวจมียอดทั้งหมด 2000 คน เเละมีรถตรวจ 3 คัน

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171 new Covid-19 cases were reported today in the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s daily briefing. The majority of the cases were detected in a proactive testing campaign. Thailand now has 3,168 active Covid-19 cases. The CCSA has reported a total of 12,594 infections and 70 deaths since the start of the pandemic last year.

Out of the 171 new Covid-19 cases, 125 were detected in a proactive testing campaign primarily among the migrant population in Samut Sakhon.

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33 of the cases were local transmissions where people were exposed to the virus while visiting high risk areas. 18 of those cases were reported in Samut Sakhon.

13 of the cases were detected at quarantine facilities for those travelling to Thailand from overseas.

CCSA Update: 171 new Covid-19 cases | News by Thaiger

SOURCE: Nation Thailand

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.