Tuesday Covid Update: 14,666 new cases; provincial totals
190 coronavirus-related fatalities were reported today by the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 11,589. Out of that number, 11,495 people infected with Covid-19 died during the country’s latest and most severe wave of the virus, which was first recorded on April 1.
The CCSA reported 14,666 new Covid-19 cases and 19,245 recoveries in the 24-hour period since the last count. Thailand now has 171,368 active Covid-19 cases, a downward trend as the number of new recoveries continues to exceed the number of new infections.
Since the start of the pandemic last year, the CCSA has reported a total of 1,204,729 confirmed Covid-19 infections. The recent wave has accounted for 1,175,866 of those cases.
In Bangkok, the epicentre of the latest wave, 3,963 new Covid-19 cases were reported today. In surrounding provinces, Samut Prakan reported 1,402 new cases and Samut Sakhon reported 983. Chon Buri, which includes Pattaya, reported 745 new cases today.
Provincial totals from the Thai government’s news bureau…
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