The government on Friday confirmed that a doctor who treated patients infected with Covid-19 had caught the disease and died, raising the death toll to 83.
The total number of infections since the pandemic hit the country had risen to 25,241, a Covid-19 Situation Administration spokeswoman said.
Dr Panya Hanphanitphan, 66, the latest death, had treated three patients at his clinic in Maha Sarakham province before they were confirmed infected with Covid-19.
The doctor, who had prostate cancer, went for a Covid-19 test which was negative.
His second Covid-19 test was positive on Feb 1. He was admitted to hospital on Feb 2.
On Feb 7 he had lung inflammation and needed a ventilator. He died early on Thursday morning.
Since the second wave began, between Dec 15 and Feb 18, 36 medical workers had caught Covid-19, but Dr Panya was the first of them to die of the disease.
The 130 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours comprised 116 local infections and 14 imported cases. Sixty-one cases were confirmed at hospitals and 55 in communities.
Samut Sakhon province logged 71 cases (49 Myanmar and 22 Thais). Bangkok detected seven new cases, all Thais. Pathum Thani reported 22 (12 Myanmar and 10 Thais).
New cases confirmed on Thursday also included two in Nonthaburi, 10 in Nakhon Pathom and four in Ayutthaya.
The 14 imported cases were quarantined arrivals.
