58 new Covid-19 cases, Bangkok case flew to Phuket

People queue for Covid-19 vaccine inoculations at Saphan Hin gymnasium in Phuket province on Thursday, when 58 new cases were reported nationwide. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran)
People queue for Covid-19 vaccine inoculations at Saphan Hin gymnasium in Phuket province on Thursday, when 58 new cases were reported nationwide. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran)

The government on Friday reported 58 new Covid-19 cases, 45 local infections and 13 imported, raising the total to 28,947.

The government on Friday reported 58 new Covid-19 cases, 45 local infections and 13 imported, raising the total to 28,947. Two cases were traced to entertainment venues.

Bangkok logged 20 new cases. Nineteen were Thais, detected at hospitals, and a Myanmar national, through active case finding.

One Bangkok infection, confirmed at Ramathibodi Hospital, is a student at Mahidol University Salaya campus who had visited a crowded entertainment place in Nakhon Pathom province. He also flew to Phuket with nine friends.

Samut Sakhon province reported 14 new cases, and Samut Prakan recorded five new cases.

Tests at hospitals also found three new cases in Nonthaburi and two cases in Tak. A Thai woman, 29, was found infected in Loei, and it was traced to an entertainment place in Bangkok.

The death toll was unchanged at 94.

Vocabulary

  • active case finding: when health staff reach out to a community and test people to find cases of a disease -
  • death toll: the number of people killed - ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
  • entertainment: fun; behaviour or activities that are not serious but come from a sense of enjoyment - ความบันเทิง, ความสนุกสนาน
  • national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
  • venue: the place where an activity or event happens - สถานที่ที่จัดงาน
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