134 new Covid-19 cases
published : 26 Mar 2021 at 14:50
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
A total of 134 new Covid-19 cases, 128 local infections and six imported, were reported on Friday, raising the total to 28,577.
A man who died 13 days after being given a Covid-19 vaccine suffered from a chronic illness and it was not because of the inoculation, a senior health official said on Friday.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 41 cases were found in hospitals and 87 through active case finding in communities.
Bangkok recorded the most new cases with 98. Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the December coronavirus wave, logged 17 cases.
Other provinces with new infections were Samut Prakan (5), Tak (5), Samut Songkhram (2) and Pathum Thani (1).
The six imported cases were quarantined arrivals.
The death toll remained at 92, the CCSA said.
Vocabulary
- active case finding: when health staff reach out to a community and test people to find cases of a disease -
- chronic (adj): (of a disease, pain or problem) serious and lasting for a long time - เป็นประจำ
- community: the people living in one particular area - ชุมชน
- 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
- inoculation (noun): an act of protecting a person or an animal from catching a particular disease by injecting them with a mild form of the disease - การฉีดวัคซีน,
- vaccine: a substance which contains a form that is not harmful of a virus and which is given to a person or animal to prevent them from getting the disease which the virus causes - วัคซีน
