Monday Covid Update: 7,592 new cases; provincial totals

39 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the CCSA today, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 19,703 with 19,609 of those fatalities during the latest wave, which was first recorded on April 1.

In the 24-hour period since the last count, the CCSA recorded 7,592 new Covid-19 cases and 7,495 recoveries. There are now 98,425 people in Thailand being treated for Covid-19.

Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has recorded 1,975,591 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The latest wave has accounted for 1,946,728 of those infections.

Vaccination update

In the Thai government’s mass vaccination drive, which was launched on February 28, a total of 80,499,612 doses have been administered, according to the CCSA. Yesterday, 76,492 people received their first dose of the vaccine, 193,257 received their second dose, and 8,310 people received a third shot to boost their immunity against the coronavirus.

New Covid-19 cases in each province…

* Numbers are reported by the CCSA and are based on positive PCR Covid-19 test results. Provincial health departments may have a more recent update if new infections were found after the daily case count was filed with the CCSA.