4,203 new Covid cases, 49 deaths Thursday
published : 9 Dec 2021 at 07:57
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Thailand logged 49 more Covid-19 fatalities and 4,203 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.
On Wednesday, 7,939 Covid-19 patients left hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 2,156,587 Covid-19 cases, with 2,075,088 complete recoveries so far.
The vast majority of the Covid cases and deaths have occurred since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began.
The death toll stood at 21,084 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The kingdom's all-time 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was the 312 recorded on Aug 13. The highest number of cases was the 23,418 on Aug 13.
Vocabulary
- fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
- pandemic: a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area - โรคที่มีการแพร่กระจายหรือระบาดไปทั่ว
- patients (noun): people who are receiving medical treatment - คนป่วย, คนไข้
- recover (verb): to become normal and healthy again - ฟื้นฟูสภาพ, ฟื้นฟูร่างกาย
- vast majority: much more than half -
