The government on Wednesday reported 15 new cases of coronavirus disease - quarantined arrivals from Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Myanmar, South Sudan and the United States - raising the total to 3,615.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said two are men from Bangladesh. One is a doctor, 53, who arrived on Sept 30. The other is a student, aged 26, who arrived on the same day.

The case from Hong Kong is a 36-year-old Thai man who arrived on Sept 23 and whose infection was confirmed by the second test on day 11.


There are two cases from India. One is 39 years old. He arrived on Sept 23. The other is a 41-year-old businessman who arrived on Sept 30.

From Myanmar, the new case is a Thai businessman, 54, who returned on Sept 22.

From South Sudan, the six new cases are army engineers, aged 27-50. They returned on Sept 22 on the same flight as 25 previously confirmed cases.


From the US there are three new cases. Two are American men, aged 21 and 40. They arrived on Sept 29 and 30.

The other is a Thai man, 31. He arrived last Thursday.

Of total 3,615 cases, 3,391 have recovered and 165 patients are at hospitals. The death toll remains unchanged at 59.

Global Covid-19 cases rose 311,613 over the past 24 hours to 36.04 million. The worldwide death toll went up 5,553 to 1.05 million.