31 Covid deaths, 4,108 new cases Thursday

A sign at Wat Phasukmaneejak in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi, on Wednesday announces that offerings cannot be brought into the temple. It was posted after some monks there caught Covid-19.  (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
A sign at Wat Phasukmaneejak in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi, on Wednesday announces that offerings cannot be brought into the temple. It was posted after some monks there caught Covid-19. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

There were 31 Covid-19 fatalities and 4,108 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.

There were 3,879 cases in the general population and 229 among prison inmates.

On Wednesday, 1,578 Covid-19 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals.

Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 203,784 Covid-19 patients, 163,929 of whom have recovered.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 232,647 Covid-19 cases, 191,355 of whom recovered.

The death toll was at 1,681 in the third wave and 1,775 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.

Vocabulary

  • discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
  • 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
  • population (noun): all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there - ประชากร, พลเมือง, จำนวนประชากร
  • wave: an activity or situation which is happening again or is being repeated after a pause -
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