Patong COVID infections continue to bloom, total Phuket cases hit 62

By The Phuket News

 

Eight more cases surfaced from Patong. Image: PR Dept

 

PHUKET: The Phuket Communicable Disease Committee today (Mar 30) confirmed nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19, with eight surfacing from Patong.

 

The nine new cases bring the total number of officially recognised cases of people infected with the virus in Phuket since the outbreak began to 62.

 

So far 976 people have been put under observation for possible infection of the virus since checking for the virus began on Jan 4. Of those 852 were confirmed not to have been infected with COVID-19, with 62 now confirmed to be infected with the disease and a further 62 awaiting confirmation.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/patong-covid-infections-continue-to-bloom-total-phuket-cases-hit-62-75500.php

 

-- © Copyright Phuket News 2020-03-29

Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates

Interesting, they're observing all these people, as they're still in the 'contact tracing' stage it would be good to find out how many of the infected develop symptoms and how severe they are.

 

Are they finding many people who've contracted this virus and go on to have only minor symptoms?