Record highs: 188 Covid deaths, 20,200 new cases
published : 4 Aug 2021 at 08:25
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
There were record highs of 188 Covid-19 fatalities and 20,200 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.
Of new cases, 20,013 were in the general population and 187 among prison inmates.
Over the past 24 hours, 17,975 Covid-19 patients were diagnosed recovered and were discharged from hospitals.
Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 643,522 Covid-19 patients, 428,380 of whom have recovered.
Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 672,385 Covid-19 cases, 455,806 of whom recovered.
The death toll was at 5,409 in the third wave and 5,503 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.
The previous high of new daily Covid-19 cases was at 18,912 last Saturday when the country also logged its earlier record high of daily fatalities at 178.
Vocabulary
- diagnosed (verb): having found out what physical or mental problem someone has by examining them - วินิจฉัยโรค, พบสาเหตุ
- discharge: to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a court of law - ได้รับอนุญาตให้ออกจาก
- fatality: death -
- general population (noun): the people who live in an area, region or country - ประชาชน, สาธารณชน, มหาชน
- laymen (noun): people who are members of a temple or a church but who are not a priest or member of the clergy - สามัญชน
- log: to put information in an official record or write a record of events - ลงบันทึก
- record: the best or most ever achieved - สถิติ
- wave: an activity or situation which is happening again or is being repeated after a pause -
