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Thailand reports 54 new coronavirus cases, two more deaths

A police officer wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant while sanitizing a community during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand reported 54 new coronavirus cases and 2 more deaths on Thursday, including a 74-year-old French national.

An 82-year-old Thai man also died, said a spokesman for the government's Center for CoVID-19 Situation Administration.

The new cases include five Thais repatriated from Indonesia who had traveled to South Sulawesi province for a religious gathering last month before the event was postponed.

A medic wearing a protective suit works at a mobile laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

Thailand has reported a total of 2,423 cases and 32 fatalities, while 940 patients have recovered and gone home since the outbreak started in January.

(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

A medic wearing protective gloves shows a test kit as he works at a mobile laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Medics wearing protective suits work at a mobile laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Medics wearing protective suits work at a mobile laboratory for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Men wearing protective face masks are seen inside a community during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand, April 9, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
A vendor wearing a protective face mask sells mangoes in a market during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
A man wearing a face mask has his body temperature checked due to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a free meal distributed by Wat Pho Nimit temple in Bangkok, Thailand, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Buddhist monks from Wat Pho Nimit temple distribute free meal to people during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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