Four new cases of coronavirus disease and one death — a Thai man living in Bangkok — were reported on Saturday, raising the nationwide total to 3,004 cases and 56 fatalities.
A total of 2,787 people had fully recovered and 161 remained in hospitals as of Saturday, said Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.
One of the new cases was a 36-year-old Thai woman from Bangkok who had been in contact with a previously infected person.
Another new case was a 28-year-old woman who worked at a shopping mall in Phuket and later returned to her home province of Prachin Buri.
The other two new cases were found in Yala province. They were a 41-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man who had been in contact with confirmed Covid-19 patients who had returned from Malaysia.
Dr Taweesilp said the latest death was a 68-year-old Thai man in Bangkok.
Infections have now been found in 68 of the country's 77 provinces, but 43 provinces have reported no new infections for at least 28 days. Bangkok and Nonthaburi combined have 1,700 cases or more than half the national total. Other cases by region are in the North (94), Central Plains (381), Northeast (111) and South (718). In the South, the cases are concentrated in Phuket (220), Yala (130) and Songkhla (128)
The youngest patient was one month old, the oldest was 97 and the average age was 39. The most vulnerable age group to date was 20-29, said the spokesman.
