The government on Saturday reported six new coronavirus cases, raising the nationwide total to 2,966, with no new deaths for the second day. The death toll remains at 54.
Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said 13 more patients have recovered and been discharged, raising the total number of recovered cases to 2,732. A total of 180 patients remained in hospitals.
The six new infections brought the total confirmed cases in 68 provinces across the country to 2,966. The fatalities remained unchanged at 54, said Dr Taweesilp.
Two of the new cases were those who were in close contact with previous Covid-19 cases, two others in Phuket during active case finding and the other two were returnees from India and Japan in state quarantine, said the centre’s spokesman.
