American family, four returnees test positive in state quarantine
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported eight cases in state quarantine over a 24-hour period today (September 2), the 100th day without any domestic case in Thailand since May.
The new cases are all asymptomatic.
Six of them travelled from the United States, including an American family of four – a 13-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, a 48-year-old man and a 49-year-old woman – who arrived on August 19 and have been found positive in alternative state quarantine in Samut Prakan. The other two are a man, 34, and woman, 36, who returned from the US on August 27 and have tested positive in Chon Buri state quarantine.
Meanwhile, a 27-year-old male student, who returned from Australia on August 24, tested positive in Chon Buri state quarantine and a 29-year-old woman who came home from Japan on August 28 also tested positive in Chon Buri quarantine.
As of today, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand stands at 3,425 (488 found in state quarantine), 93 of whom are in hospital while 3,274 have recovered. The death toll remains unchanged at 58.
According to Worldometer, as of 10am today the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases globally has increased to 25.9 million. Of these, 18.1 million have recovered, while 861,251 have died.
Thailand ranks a healthy 121st for most cases in the world. The US has the most number, with 6.2 million, followed by Brazil (3.91 million), India (3.68 million), Russia (1 million) and Peru (657,129).
