Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Covid UPDATE: 2,473 new infections and 35 deaths, provincial totals

2,473 new Covid-19 cases and 35 coronavirus-related deaths were reported today in the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s daily briefing. The majority of the new cases are local transmissions, primarily in Bangkok. 680 of the new cases were detected in prisons.
Thailand now has 42,988 active Covid-19 cases, a record high for the country. Out of those cases, more than 10,000 are linked to outbreaks at prisons. Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported a total of 113,555 Covid-19 infections.
35 deaths involving Covid-19 patients were reported today, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 649. Most of the new fatalities were reported in Bangkok.
Bangkok remains the epicentre in the latest wave of infections. The capital reported 873, raising the total since April 1 to 28,658.
There are now 29 Covid-19 clusters in 19 districts in Bangkok. The government has set up several locations for active case finding to contain the spread of the virus.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Natapanu Nopakun, who gives the CCSA report in English, adds that Thai authorities are taking border breaches very seriously and security has tightened at land and sea borders as there have been a number of illegal entries involving those coming from neighbouring countries. Heightened border patrol has been an effort to prevent Covid-19 from being imported into Thailand.
Provinces with the highest number of new Covid-19 infections…
Province | New cases | Total since April 1 |
Bangkok | 873 | 28,658 |
Nonthaburi | 155 | 4,757 |
Samut Prakan | 121 | 4,329 |
Pathum Thani | 117 | 2,467 |
Samut Sakhon | 63 | 1,930 |
Phetchaburi | 43 | 645 |
Chon Buri | 33 | 3,768 |
Nakhon Si Thammarat | 30 | 757 |
Songkhla | 29 | 1,041 |
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 28 | 936 |
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