Thailand reports two new coronavirus deaths, bringing total to nine

Pongchana, Nevada Kumlakasing and Suntis Suntudkan study at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Thailand's public health ministry said on Monday that two more people have died from the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to nine.

The two deaths included a 54-year-old Thai man in the southern province of Yala who had recently returned from Malaysia, and a 56-year-old Thai woman in Bangkok, said Anupong Sujariyakul, a senior official at the public health ministry's Department of Disease Control.

The two died on Sunday, he said.

Pongchana, Nevada Kumlakasing and Suntis Suntudkan study at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Earlier on Monday, Thailand reported 136 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of infections to 1,524.

Among 1,388 patients still hospitalized, 23 were in critical condition, Anupong said.

A screen shows Nevada Kumlakasing's teacher wearing a protective face mask as she studies at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat)

Nongnuch 43, sits next to her nephew Suntis Suntudkan, 4, who is studying at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as her son Pongchana Kumlakasing, 7, plays around, at their house in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Pongchana, Nevada Kumlakasing and Suntis Suntudkan study at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Pongchana, Nevada Kumlakasing and Suntis Suntudkan study at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Pongchana Kumlakasing, 7, studies at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Nevada Kumlakasing, 10, studies at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Nongnuch, 42, leads her son Pongchana Kamlakasing to study at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Nevada Kumlakasing, 10, studies at home during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand, March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha