CCSA Update: 795 new Covid-19 cases

Caitlin AshworthPublished: 14:04, 03 February 2021| Updated: 14:04, 03 February 2021

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CCSA Update: 795 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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795 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s daily briefing. Thailand now has 7,169 active cases, a record high for Thailand with the vast majority of cases detected in mass testing campaign rolled out in the Covid-19 hotspot Samut Sakhon, just southwest of Bangkok.

Out of the 795 new cases, 759 were detected in active case finding in Samut Sakhon. 24 cases were local transmissions in high risk areas including 18 in Samut Sakhon, 4 in Bangkok, 1 in Tak and 1 in Maha Sarakham. The last 12 cases were detected in quarantine for those arriving in Thailand from overseas.

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The CCSA has reported a total of 21,249 cases and 79 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Since the new wave of infections, originating from the December 15 outbreak at a shrimp market in Samut Sakhon, the CCSA has reported 12,746 Covid-19 cases, making up nearly 79% of Thailand’s total number of cases. In the new wave of infections, a total of 799 cases were reported in Bangkok.

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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.