The Department of Medical Sciences reported on Tuesday that Thailand has detected six new cases of the Omicron XBB.1.16 subvariant, while another patient is infected with XBB.1.16.1, which is descended from it.
That brings the total number of people infected with XBB.1.16 to date in the kingdom to 34, according to the department’s director-general, Supakit Sirilak.
He said XBB.1.16 accounts for 9.8% of all new cases detected so far this week.
He also confirmed that a migrant worker who died in Bangkok’s Sathon district on April 17 was infected with XBB.1.16.1, but…
