16 Jun, 2021
Thailand reported a total of 2,331 daily Covid-19 infections with 40 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, CCSA assistant spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan announced this morning, June 15th.
The fatalities were 24 men and 16 women from Bangkok (20), Nakhon Pathom (5), Ayutthaya (4), Chonburi (2), Pathom Thani (2), Samut Prakan (2), Phetchaburi (1), Ratchaburi (1), Nakhon Sawan (1), Phattalung (1), and Surat Thani (1). The age range was between 34 and 90 years old.
Most of them were reported with underlying health conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, kidney disease, heart disease, strokes, lung disease, liver disease, cancer, and SLE. Five of the fatalities did not reportedly have any health conditions.
Of the new cases, 1,814 were found in hospitals and medical services (which includes contact tracing cases), 462 were from a proactive approach at previously reported clusters, 26 were from prisons, and the remaining 29 were imported cases.
Regarding the non-prison local infections, the highest numbers of patients were reported in Bangkok with 807, followed by Nonthaburi with 204 (driven by recently found new clusters in two aluminum factories), Samut Prakan with 161, Chonburi with 108, Samut Sakhon with 101, and Chachoengsao with 96.
A total number of 269,632 people nationwide have received Covid-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours. Of that, 69,142 people had received their first shot with a Sinovac vaccine and 117,022 people had their first shot with AstraZeneca, marking a total of 186,164 people who received the first doses.
81,546 people had their second shots with a Sinovac vaccine and the second dose was given to 1,922 people with AstraZeneca, marking a total of 83,468 people.
As of today, 4,947 people fully recovered in the past 24 hours and have been released from field hospitals and quarantine centers. Thailand has now reached a total of 204,595 cases with 167,665 recoveries and a total of 1,525 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
