The Government on Friday reported 103 new local cases of Covid-19, raising the total to 1,978, and four new deaths which increased the toll to 19.
Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said one of the fatalities was a 59-year-old male employee of the State Railway of Thailand who had no record of a chronic disease.
He fell ill on March 16 with a fever. He sought treatment from a doctor on March 21 and returned to work. He was severely ill on March 31, with exhaustion and breathing difficulties, and was admitted to a hospital in Bangkok. He died on Thursday.
The other three deaths were elderly people with pre-existing chronic problems.
The first was a 72-year-old Thai man whose child had visited a boxing stadium. He suffered from kidney disease. The 18th death was a Thai man, 84, who worked at the Rajadamnern boxing stadium in Bangkok. The 19th case was a Thai man, also aged 84, who visited the same boxing stadium.
Dr Taweesin warned people not to closely approach their elderly relatives during Songkran later this month.
