The government on Tuesday reported 19 new Covid-19 patients, raising the total to 2,811, and one more death, a 50-year-old taxi driver whose passengers included boxing stadium spectators.
Spokesman Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin said the taxi driver had diabetes. He took passengers to Lumpinee boxing stadium, where he picked up others.
The 19 cases over the past 24 hours included 10 people in close contact with previous patients, two visitors to crowded places, one person who worked closely with others, one attendee to religious ceremonies, and one returnee from the United States who was quarantined in Bangkok.
Two new patients were detected in Yala province.
The latest, lower number of new cases resulted from people's cooperation with the stay-home policy which started 14 days ago, Dr Taweesilp said.
Over the past 24 hours 109 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals. The total of recovery cases rose to 2,108 and only 655 patients remained at hospitals. Forty-eight patients have died.
Bangkok recorded the most accumulated patients, 1,447, followed by 191 in Phuket, 152 in Nonthaburi, 108 in Samut Prakan, 95 in Yala and 79 in Pattani.
The number of provinces without a new case in the past 14 days rose to 36, Dr Taweesilp said.
