Wednesday: 3 new Covid-19 cases
published : 23 Sep 2020 at 12:59
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
The government on Wednesday reported three new cases of Covid-19, all quarantined returnees from Japan and France, raising the total to 3,514 cases.
Of the new cases, two were from Japan — a 39-year-old company employee and a 53-year-old maid, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
They arrived on Monday and were quarantined in Chon Buri province.
The other new case is a male student, 22, who arrived from France last Friday on the same flight as three previously confirmed cases.
The three new cases were asymptomatic.
Covid-19 infection rates were 2.1% among 3,828 arrivals from Japan and 0.2% among 411 arrivals from France.
Of 3,514 cases to date, 3,345 (95.2%) recovered, including two released over the past 24 hours, 110 remain in hospitals and the death toll is unchanged at 59.
Vocabulary
- asymptomatic (adj): (of a person or illness) having no symptoms, i.e., not signs of a disease or medical condition - ไร้อาการ
- case: a particular situation or a situation of a particular type - กรณี, เหตุการณ์, สถานการณ์
- confirm (verb): to state or show that something is definitely true or correct, especially by providing evidence - ยืนยัน
- death toll: the number of people killed - ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
- maid: a female servant in a house or hotel - สาวใช้, หญิงรับใช้
- previously: before -
- quarantine (verb): to keep a person or animal that might have a disease separate from other people or animals so that they do not catch the disease - กักบริเวณ จำกัดบริเวณ
- release: to allow someone or something to go free - ปล่อย
- Keywords
- cases
- company employee
- death toll
- infection rates