Five returnees test positive to Covid-19, death toll rises to 60
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported eight new cases in state quarantine facilities and one death over a 24-hour period on Friday.
All patients are returnees and most were asymptomatic, namely:
• A 68-year-old Swiss financial expert, who arrived on October 22 and checked into an alternative state quarantine hotel in Bangkok where he tested positive on November 4.
• A 36-year-old Indian tailoring shop owner, who arrived on October 23 and checked into Bangkok alternative state quarantine, where he was found positive on November 4.
• A 56-year-old Thai woman who returned from Saudi Arabia on October 24 and tested positive in a Bangkok state quarantine hotel on November 3.
• A 41-year-old Thai masseuse who returned from Ukraine on October 31 and tested positive in a Bangkok state quarantine hotel on November 4.
• A 36-year-old Thai woman who returned from the Netherlands on October 31 and tested positive in a Bangkok state quarantine hotel on November 4. She had cough symptoms.
• Three Myanmar truck drivers, aged 28, 29 and 41, tested positive at the Thailand-Myanmar border checkpoint on October 26 and were returned to Myanmar for treatment.
Meanwhile, 16 other patients have recovered and been discharged, though a 66-year-old Thai national who returned from the United Kingdom on October 19 succumbed to the virus on Thursday. He had developed breathing difficulties on October 20 and needed a respirator. He took a swab test and was recognised as Covid-19 patient number 3,719 in Thailand. Personal health information shows he had type 2 diabetes and high-blood pressure.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 3,818 (866 in state quarantine), of whom 119 are in hospital and 3,639 have recovered. The death toll has risen to 60.
As of 10am, the number of confirmed cases globally according to Worldometer had increased by 604,248 to 49 million. Of them, 34.97 million have recovered, while 12.8 million are active cases (90,006 in severe condition) and 1.23 million died (with 8,712 new deaths).
Thailand ranks 149th among countries with most cases, though US still tops the list with 9.91 million patients, followed by India with 8.41 million, Brazil with 5.61 million, Russia 1.71 million and France 1.6 million.
