News Forum - Friday Covid Update: 6,559 new cases; provincial totals

[Thaiger]

64 coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the CCSA today, raising the pandemic’s death toll in Thailand to 20,645 with 20,551 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 6,559 new Covid-19 cases and 6,875 recoveries. There are now 80,277 people in Thailand being treated for Covid-19. Out of the new cases recorded today, 752 were found in correctional facilities. More than 80,000 inmates at Thailand’s overcrowded prisons and detention centres have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past several months. Since the start […]

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[JohninDublin]

I see another jump in Phuket numbers, now at 128 from about 50-60 a day last week. It could just be a blip, but if it is connected to activities on Bangla Rd, you have have to fear for alcohol restrictions in places like Pattaya being lifted anytime soon.