71 new Covid cases Monday
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 13:33
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Thailand on Monday added 71 new coronavirus cases – 48 local infections and 23 imported — bringing the total to 26,441.
No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 85.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 41 local infections were found at hospitals and just seven through active case-finding in communities.
Of the 41 local infections, 31 were logged in Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of the second Covid-19 wave. Prachin Buri logged three, Tak two and Bangkok and Pathum Thani one each.
Samut Sakhon also recorded the highest number of cases from active testing in communities – six – while one was found in Pathum Thani.
The 23 imported infections were found in quarantined arrivals from the United Arab Emirates (10), the United Kingdom (4) the United States (2), Bahrain (2), and one each from Italy, Pakistan, Lebanon and Zambia.
Vocabulary
- active case finding: when health staff reach out to a community and test people to find cases of a disease -
- case: a particular situation or a situation of a particular type - กรณี, เหตุการณ์, สถานการณ์
- epicentre (noun): the point on the earth's surface where the effects of an earthquake are felt most strongly; the central point of something - ศูนย์กลาง
- quarantine (verb): to keep a person or animal that might have a disease separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - กักบริเวณ จำกัดบริเวณ
- toll: the number of deaths and injuries caused by a disaster, accident, disease, etc. - การสูญเสีย
