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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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POST REPORTERS

45 new Covid-19 cases Friday

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration holds a training session on Covid-19 vaccination on Thursday, when the country logged 45 new coronavirus infections. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The government on Friday reported 45 new Covid-19 cases, 37 local infections and eight imported, raising the total to 25,809.

The Department of Disease Control reported that 32 cases were confirmed at hospitals and five through active case finding in communities.

Samut Sakhon province, the epicentre of the new Covid-19 wave in December, logged 19 new cases that formed 51% of the daily total. Of these, 14 were confirmed at hospitals (eight Thais and six Myanmar) and five Myanmar cases were detected in communities.

Bangkok recorded three new cases (two Thais and one French) at hospitals.

Other new cases were also reported from Nakhon Nayok (5 Thais), Chai Nat (3 Thais), Nakhon Pathom (3 Thais), Saraburi (2 Thais), Prachuap Khiri Khan (1 Dutch) and Samut Prakan (1 Thai).

The eight imported cases were quarantined arrivals.

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