The government on Monday reported one new case of the coronavirus disease 2019 over the past 24 hours, a returnee from India, as total cases rose to 3,445.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration stated that the Thai worker, aged 27, arrived on Tuesday on the same flight as a previously confirmed case.

He was quarantined in Bangkok and the infection was confirmed in his first test on Saturday while he was asymptomatic.

So far, the infection rate was 10.1% among 3,653 people who arrived from India.

Of the total 3,445 cases, 3,281 or 95.2% recovered and 106 were in hospitals. The death toll has been 58 since June 2.

Meanwhile, global Covid-19 cases rose by 235,260 over the past 24 hours to 27.3 million. The United States had the most cases at 6.5 million, up by 31,110, followed by India, which surpassed Brazil with 4.2 million cases, up 91,723. Brazil logged 4.14 million cases, up by 14,606.

The global death toll went up by 4,373 to 887,549. Thailand ranked 122^nd by the number of confirmed cases.

 

 

Bangkok Post