BANGKOK, Apr 18 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand today reported a new daily record of 1,767 COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths, as the government’s fresh round of restrictions came into effect, amid the third wave of infections.
The latest outbreak, reportedly spreading from entertainment venues in the capital Bangkok, had led Thailand’s daily tally to rise from only 26 on Apr 1 to near 1,800, bringing the national cumulative caseload to 42,352.
Today’s new confirmed cases, 1,765 were domestic infections, while two others were confirmed in quarantine facilities, said Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
The death toll in the country has risen to 101, according to Taweesin.
To stem the latest outbreak, which is likely to delay the government’s plans to welcome back foreign tourists, the country closed schools, prohibited gathering of over 50 people and banned sales of alcoholic drinks in restaurants for at least two weeks, starting from today.
The new wave, which began early this month, spread to more than 70 provinces and infected more than 10,000 people, some of them with the fast-spreading COVID-19 variant, first detected in Britain.– NNN-TNA
