New Covid cases rise for third day, deaths spike
published : 10 Mar 2022 at 15:40
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The country registered 74 more Covid-19 fatalities during the previous 24 hours, a record high in the latest wave, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.
The 22,984 new cases marked the third consecutive day of rising new infections, up from the 22,073 announced Wednesday, while deaths increased by five.
Thursday's figures did not include 49,494 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. If they were included, daily infections would total 72,478.
The 74 new fatalities were between the ages of 26 and 97 years old and included a Myanmar and a Swedish national.
Eighty-eight percent of new fatalities had underlying illnesses.
Only 47 of the 22,984 new cases announced on Thursday were found in arrivals from other countries. The rest were all locally transmitted, including 52 among prison inmates.
Of the local Covid-19 infections, 22,722 were confirmed at hospitals and 163 via mass testing.
The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13, 2021. The highest number of cases was 25,615 on Feb 26.
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Vocabulary
- antigen: a harmful substance that causes your body to produce antibodies to fight it - แอนติเจน, สารที่กระตุ้นการสร้างแอนติบอดี้, สารก่อภูมิต้านทาน, สิ่งแปลกปลอมที่เข้าไปในร่างกาย แล้วร่างกายจะผลิตสารซึ่งเรียกว่าแอนติบอดีขึ้นมาต่อต้าน หรือทำลายสิ่งแปลกปลอมนั้น ๆ
- consecutive: following one after another in order - ติดต่อกัน
- fatality: a death caused by an illness, accident, crime or war - การเสียชีวิต
- inmate: someone who is kept in a prison, mental hospital or other institution - ผู้ถูกกักกัน, ผู้ถูกกักบริเวณในเรือนจำหรือโรงพยาบาล
- mass: a large amount of something - ปริมาณมาก
- spike (verb): to increase suddenly - พุ่งพรวดขึ้น
- underlying (adj): important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly; existing under the surface of something else - ที่สำคัญและซ่อนอยู่, ที่อยู่ในตำแหน่งต่ำกว่า
