10,414 new Covid cases, 122 more deaths
published : 29 Sep 2021 at 09:03
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Thailand logged 10,414 new Covid-19 cases and 122 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.
There were 10,236 cases in the general population and 178 among prison inmates.
The new cases rose from 9,489 new Covid cases announced on Tuesday when the country recorded 129 more deaths.
On Tuesday, 11,580 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since April 1, when the third wave of Covid-19 began, Thailand has treated 1,562,966 Covid-19 patients, 1,432,360 of whom have recovered to date.
Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,591,829 Covid-19 cases, with 1,459,786 complete recoveries so far.
The death toll stood at 16,526 during the third wave and 16,620 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The kingdom's all-time 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was 312 recorded on Aug 18. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 13.
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
- fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
- general population (noun): the people who live in an area, region or country - ประชาชน, สาธารณชน, มหาชน
- inmate: someone who is kept in a prison, mental hospital or other institution - ผู้ถูกกักกัน, ผู้ถูกกักบริเวณในเรือนจำหรือโรงพยาบาล
- log: to put information in an official record or write a record of events - ลงบันทึก
- pandemic: a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area - โรคที่มีการแพร่กระจายหรือระบาดไปทั่ว
- recover: to become healthy and fit again after an illness or injury - การฟื้นไข้
- wave: an activity or situation which is happening again or is being repeated after a pause -
