New Covid cases fall below 20,000, 101 deaths Tuesday

published : 12 Apr 2022 at 14:35

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters

A woman uses a ladle with an extra-long handle to pour scented water on the hands of an elderly woman during a demonstration of a Covid-safe ‘rod nam dam hua’ ceremony at The Mall Ngamwongwan shopping centre on Monday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The country registered 19,982 more Covid-19 cases in the previous 24 hours, significantly fewer than the 22,387 the day before, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.

Tuesday’s new case numbers did not include 10,977 positive results from antigen tests over the previous 24 hours. This would raise the total to 30,959.

The 101 people who died were aged from three months to 100 years old with an average age of 75. One was a British national and the rest were Thais.

Vaccinations continued, with 131.32 million doses administered as of Monday; 80.3% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine, 72.8% two shots and 35.6% at least one booster shot.

Vocabulary

administer (verb): to give drugs, medicine, etc. to somebody - ให้ (ยา), จ่ายยา
average: an amount calculated by adding several amounts together, finding a total, and dividing the total by the number of amounts - เฉลี่ย, ค่าเฉลี่ย
dose: an amount of drug that has been measured so that you can take it - ปริมาณยาที่ให้ต่อครั้ง
national: a citizen of a particular country - ประชาชน
positive (adj): showing clear evidence that a particular substance or medical condition is present มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ) - มีประจุบวก (การทดสอบ)

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