
The government on Tuesday reported three new cases of the novel coronavirus, quarantined returnees from Russia and India, raising the total to 3,381.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said two of them returned from Russia on Aug 2 and were quarantined in Bangkok. Both are Thai masseuses aged 38 and 49.
They were found with the disease on their second test. One was asymptomatic and the other had a fever.
The other new case is a male restaurant worker. The 62-year-old man returned on Aug 8 on the same flight as 17 previously confirmed cases.
He was quarantined in Bangkok and tested positive on his second test while suffering from diarrhoea.
The infection rates were 2.03% among 529 people from Russia and 9.68% among 3,286 from India.
Of the total cases, 3,198 recovered and 125 were at hospitals. The death toll has remained at 58 since June 2.