All seven new Covid-19 cases found in quarantine

The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases since the outbreak began rose to 3,025.

On Wednesday, the CCSA had reported zero new cases and one new case on Thursday. 
The second phase of the easing of lockdown restrictions will begin in the next few days. The first phase of easing from May 3 has not led to a feared second wave of infections.

All seven new cases – 6 men and 1 woman – had recently returned from Pakistan and tested positive in state quarantine, said Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).

Meanwhile, four people recovered from Covid-19 and returned home, bringing the percentage of coronavirus patients who have made full recoveries to 96.35.

Of the 3,025 cases recorded so far in Thailand, 115 are under treatment, 2,854 have recovered and been discharged, and 56 have died.

More infections have been found among people returning to Thailand by air than by land. These include 65 of 137 plane passengers returning from Indonesia, 16 out of 122 from Pakistan and two out of 33 from the UK. Meanwhile, only person out of 9,695 people crossing the land border from Malaysia was confirmed to be infected.

Since May 1, a total of 41,232 suspected Covid-19 cases have been tested, with only 64 (0.16 per cent) confirmed positive.

Total global Covid-19 infections reached 4.5 million on Friday, with more than 300,000 deaths.