CCSA Update: 287 new Covid-19 cases, majority in Samut Sakhon

Caitlin AshworthPublished: 14:04, 12 January 2021| Updated: 14:04, 12 January 2021

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CCSA Update: 287 new Covid-19 cases, majority in Samut Sakhon

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287 new Covid-19 cases were reported today in the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s daily briefing. There are 4,035 active Covid-19 cases in Thailand. Since last year, Thailand has reported a total of 10,834 Covid-19 cases and 67 deaths.

Of the 287 cases reported today, 153 were local transmissions, 125 were detected through active case finding among a mostly migrant worker community in Samut Sakhon and 9 cases were detected in quarantine facilities for those arriving in Thailand from overseas.

Out of 153 local transmissions, 139 people were exposed to the virus while visiting high risk places including 31 people in Bangkok and 51 people in Samut Sakhon. Health officials are still investigating the source of 14 local transmissions including 2 in Rayong, 1 in Bangkok, 9 in Chon Buri and 2 in Samut Prakan.

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SOURCE: Nation Thailand

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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.