Friday: 103 new Covid cases, 4 more deaths

A taxi driver gets a free test for signs of the coronavirus disease at Prince Suvarnabhumi Hospital in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, on Friday, as the government announced four more deaths from Covid-19. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
A taxi driver gets a free test for signs of the coronavirus disease at Prince Suvarnabhumi Hospital in Bang Phli district, Samut Prakan, on Friday, as the government announced four more deaths from Covid-19. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Government on Friday reported 103 new local cases of Covid-19, raising the total to 1,978, and four new deaths which increased the toll to 19.

Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said one of the fatalities was a 59-year-old male employee of the State Railway of Thailand who had no  record of a chronic disease.

He fell ill on March 16 with a fever. He sought treatment from a doctor on March 21 and returned to work. He was severely ill on March 31, with exhaustion and breathing difficulties, and was admitted to a hospital in Bangkok. He died on Thursday.

The other three deaths were elderly people with pre-existing chronic problems.

The first was a 72-year-old Thai man whose child had visited a boxing stadium. He suffered from kidney disease. The 18th death was a Thai man, 84, who worked at the Rajadamnern boxing stadium in Bangkok. The 19th case was a Thai man, also aged 84, who visited the same boxing stadium. 

Dr Taweesin warned people not to closely approach their elderly relatives during Songkran later this month.

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Vocabulary

  • chronic (adj): (of a disease, pain or problem) serious and lasting for a long time - เป็นประจำ
  • elderly: (of people) old - สูงวัย, อาวุโส, อายุมาก
  • exhaustion (noun): the state of being very tired - ความเหนื่อยอ่อน, ความอ่อนเพลีย, การหมดแรง
  • fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
  • pre-existing (adj): existing (present) from an earlier time - ที่เป็นอยู่ก่อน
  • relative: a member of your family - ญาติพี่น้อง
  • spokesman: a person who speaks on behalf of a group or an organization - โฆษก

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