30 Covid deaths, 3,129 new cases Thursday

Medical staff watch over patients being treated for Covid-19 through a closed-circuit camera at the Erawan 2 field hospital at the Bangkok Arena on Wednesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)
Medical staff watch over patients being treated for Covid-19 through a closed-circuit camera at the Erawan 2 field hospital at the Bangkok Arena on Wednesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

There were 30 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,129 new cases in the country over the past 24 hours.

There were 2,672 cases in the general public and 457 among prison inmates.

Over the past 24 hours, 4,651 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals.

Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 178,861 Covid-19 patients, 144,890 of whom have recovered.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 207,724 Covid-19 cases, 172,316 of whom recovered.

The death toll was at 1,461 in the third wave and 1,555 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.

Vocabulary

  • death toll: the number of people killed - ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
  • discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
  • general public: people in general - ประชาชน, สาธารณชน, มหาชน
  • inmate: someone who is kept in a prison, mental hospital or other institution - ผู้ถูกกักกัน, ผู้ถูกกักบริเวณในเรือนจำหรือโรงพยาบาล
  • pandemic: a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area - โรคที่มีการแพร่กระจายหรือระบาดไปทั่ว
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