A total of 490 new Covid-19 cases — 479 local infections and 11 imported — were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 23,134 with no new deaths.
Of the local infections, 412 were detected from active case finding in communities and 67 others were confirmed by hospitals, Panprapa Yongtrakul, assistant spokesperson of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Saturday.
Another 450 cases were found in Samut Sakhon (93.9%), 23 in Bangkok (4.8%) and six others in other provinces (1.3%).
Of the new cases in Samut Sakhon, 410 cases were found through proactive testing — 18 Thais, 391 Myanmar nationals and one Lao. Samut Songkhram and Samut Prakan had…