The government on Tuesday recorded 155 new Covid-19 cases -- 134 local infections, 11 migrants and 10 quarantined arrivals.

Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin of for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 10 of the new cases were recent arrivals from Germany, Vietnam, India, Sweden, the United States, Turkey and Bahrain.

Twelve new cases were linked to the Central Shrimp Market outbreak in Samut Sakhon province and two new cases were linked to the gambling den in Rayong province.

Seventeen new cases were people in close contact with previously confirmed cases.

The cases of about 100 people thought to have contracted the virus locally included 56 people in Rayong and 28 in adjacent Chon Buri province.

"The number of new cases is soaring," Dr Taweesilp said.

Based on health authorities' calculations, without any control measures the number of daily new cases could reach 18,000 by Jan 14, he added.

Of the total 6,440 cases in the country, 4,180 (64.97%) have recovered, including four discharged over the past 24 hours, while 2,195 were receiving treatment. The death toll rose by one over the past 24 hours to 61.