The government on Tuesday reported five new cases of the novel coronavirus, all quarantined Thai returnees, as total cases rose to 3,402.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced that cases had arrived from Oman, Turkey and the United States, while two others had returned from Indonesia.

The case from Oman is a businesswoman aged 26. The case from Turkey is a spa employee.
The case from the US is a male worker, 46, who arrived on Sunday.

 
The two new cases from Indonesia are a male student aged 27 and a woman aged 20.

All the five new cases were asymptomatic when their infections were confirmed.

Accumulated infection rates are 16.77% among people returning to Thailand from Indonesia, 0.86% from Oman, 8.82% from the US and 0.65% from Turkey.

Of the total 3,402 cases, 3,229 have recovered -- including seven discharged over the past 24 hours -- and 115 patients were in hospitals. The death toll has remained at 58 since June 2.

Global Covid-19 cases rose by 225,625 over the past 24 hours to 23.81 million and the death toll was up by 4,492 to 817,005. The US had the most cases at 5.91 million, up by 41,484, and the most deaths at 181,114, up by 510. Thailand ranked 119th by the number of confirmed cases.