The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday reported 1,390 new cases, and three deaths.
The dead persons included a male aged 56, and two females, aged 84 and 61.
The male case was waiter of entertainment venue in Bangkok. He was found infected Covid-19 in his hometown Buriram on April 17 and died on April 18. This man had stroke and high blood pressure.
The second death was a woman in Bangkok. She had high blood pressure, Coronary artery disease and chronic kidney failure.
This old woman was confirmed for contraction on April 10 from her nephew, who had worked in a entertainment venue. She died on April 16.
The last new death was a woman in Prachuap Khiri Khan. She had a meal with a previous case and was confirmed for infection on April 10. She died on April 18. This person had high blood pressure and diabetes.
These persons were accounted as the 102nd, 103rd and 104th deaths in Thailand.
Most of the new cases consisted of 293 in Bangkok, 197 in Chiang Mai, 98 in Chonburi and 82 in Samut Prakan.
Meanwhile, 104 patients have recovered and been discharged in the last 24 hours.
As of Monday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 43,742. Of these, 40,502 had been contracted locally, including 20,594 who were found via proactive testing, while 3,240 were returnees.
So far, 28,787 have recovered and been discharged, 14,851 patients are still in hospitals and 104 have died.
According to Worldometer, as of 11am on Monday, the number of confirmed cases globally had risen to 141.99 million (up by 709,437), 120.53 million have recovered, 18.43 million are active cases (107,439 in severe condition) and 3.03 million have died (up by 9,418).
Thailand ranks 109th on the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 32.40 million, followed by India 15.05 million, Brazil 13.94 million, France 5.28 million, and Russia 4.7 million.
In the last 24 hours, 9,219 people got the first shot of vaccine and 843 people got their second, bringing the total vaccine doses to 618,581.
The Nation
19 Apr, 2021
