Nine foreign arrivals test positive in quarantine
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced nine new cases over a 24-hour period on Tuesday.
The cases, all foreigners, include an Ethiopian woman, 30; a Swiss man and woman, 50 and 57; a six-month-old boy from Britain; a 44-year-old woman from the Netherlands; a 38-year-old Dutch man who arrived from Qatar; a Romanian man, 42; an American man and woman, 60 and 52.
As of Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand rose to 4,246 (1,252 in state quarantine). Of these, 237 are in hospital and 3,949 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains unchanged at 60.
According to Worldometer, the total number of confirmed cases globally has risen to 73.19 million. Of them, 51.32 million have recovered, while 20.23 million are active cases (106,517 in severe condition) and 1.62 million have died.
Meanwhile, Thailand ranks a safe 151st for most cases in the world, while the US tops the list with 16.94 million cases, followed by India (9.90 million), Brazil (6.92 million), Russia (2.68 million) and France (2.37 million).
