Thailand logs 2 deaths, 187 new Covid cases Monday

FILE PHOTO: Medical officials collect a nose swab sample to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a seafood market in Samut Sakhon, after some cases of local infections were detected and linked to a vendor at the market, Dec 19, 2020. (AFP)

The government recorded 187 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 13,687. Two additional deaths were reported, raising the accumulated toll to 75.

The 187 new cases comprised 116 found through active searching, 61 local transmissions and 10 people who recently entered the country from abroad.