97 new Covid-19 cases Thursday

Health workers move 100 Covid-19 infected undocumented migrants from the immigration detention centre in Bang Khen district on Wednesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Health workers move 100 Covid-19 infected undocumented migrants from the immigration detention centre in Bang Khen district on Wednesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The government on Thursday reported 97 new Covid-19 cases, 92 local infections and five imported, raising the total to 28,443.

The Department of Disease Control said 49 new cases were detected in communities and 43 at hospitals.

Bangkok logged 65 new cases. Of these, 44 were identified through mass testing (27 Thais, 16 from Myanmar and one Tajikistani) and 21 Thais at hospitals.

Samut Sakhon province recorded 15 new cases, 12 confirmed at hospitals and three in communities.

There were five new cases in Samut Prakan, three in Nakhon Pathom and one new case each in Chachoengsao, Pathum Thani, Suphan Buri and Ratchaburi.

The five imported cases were quarantined arrivals from the United States (2), Sweden, Turkey and Malaysia.

The death toll is unchanged at 92.

Vocabulary

  • community: the people living in one particular area - ชุมชน
  • death toll: the number of people killed - ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
  • detected: noticed, discovered or found out - จับได้ พบได้
  • log: to put information in an official record or write a record of events - ลงบันทึก
  • mass: a large amount of something - ปริมาณมาก
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