12 new Covid-19 cases found in quarantine

By THE NATION

 

 

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration on Saturday reported 12 new cases in quarantine facilities.

 

The new patients included nine Thai returnees and three foreigners.

 

The Thai returnees included eight women and a man. Seven of the women, aged 23, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41 and 51, flew back from Bahrain. Another woman, 19, came from the UK, while the only male patient, 41, was from Germany.

 

The foreigners consisted of a Swede, 37, an Indian, 35, and a Kuwaiti, 40, coming from their home countries.

 

All the patients were asymptomatic, except a Thai national, 31, from Bahrain, and the Kuwaiti man.

 

As of Saturday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 4,192 (1,204 in state quarantine), 217 are in hospital, 3,915 have recovered and been discharged, while 60 have died.

 

According to Worldometer, as of Saturday morning the number of confirmed cases worldwide since the outbreak had risen to 71.43 million, 49.63 million of whom have recovered and 1.6 million have succumbed to the infection.

 

Thailand ranks 151st globally, while the US has the most cases with 16.29 million, followed by India (9.82 million), Brazil (6.83 million), Russia (2.59 million) and France (2.35 million).

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399492

 

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