The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Monday hinted it would soon consider lifting Covid-19 restrictions.
This is despite cases in the capital rising on Monday by 37 and bringing its tally to 1,989.
A BMA spokesman said the situation in the capital was likely to improve, provided that there were no new superspreader events, after it imposed urgent measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
"If the number of new cases drops within a fortnight and clusters in other provinces are confined, the BMA might consider lifting restrictions," he said.
He said that City Hall had been able to identify the origin of the latest infections and was keeping a close watch on two main clusters, one relating to entertainment venues in the capital and the other in Si Racha district of Chon Buri province.
The two clusters consisted of 135 cases in total, he said, adding that some people from Bangkok had brought the virus home with them from Si Racha during the New Year.
Bangkok's governor said the capital's new patients had visited or worked in entertainment places, restaurants and massage parlours.
Health authorities were now trying to find other people who had been to these places, he said, adding public health authorities have already tested 15,908 at-risk people who visited markets across Bangkok.
