THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Eight foreigners among 12 new Covid-19 cases

Eight foreigners among 12 new Covid-19 cases

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration reported 12 new Covid-19 cases, including one domestic case, over a 24-hour period on Saturday.

The domestic case was found in Krabi province. He was an Indian male, 37, who worked as a restaurant staff in the province.

The Indian man was reportedly found infected when he went for a health checkup for his work permit. He lived in Thailand, and had not move to other areas.

Later, Krabi Hospital said that his second and third tests were negative. However, the hospital will quarantine him and test him again.

Nine patients were found in state quarantine and two patients were sent back to Myanmar.
The patients in state quarantine included two each from France and the US and one each from the United Arab Emirates, India, Mexico, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
Most of the patients were foreigners. Four of the new cases were Thai nationals coming from the UAE, the US and Switzerland.
The two people sent back to Myanmar were drivers aged 29 and 45.
The total number of confirmed cases in Thailand has risen to 3,830 (875 in state quarantine), of whom 126 are in hospital and 3,644 have recovered. The death toll has risen to 60.
As of Saturday morning, the number of confirmed cases globally according to Worldometer had increased to 49.65 million. Of them, 35.25 million have recovered, while 14.4 million are active cases (90,806 in severe condition) and 1.24 million have died (with 9,082 new deaths).
Thailand ranks 149th among countries with most cases. US still has the most cases with 10.05 million, followed by India 8.46 million, Brazil 5.63 million, Russia 1.73 million and France 1.66 million.

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