With most hotels empty of guests, chefs from the Grand Mercure Hotel on Ratchadaphisek Road were out on the street preparing food for sale to passers-by, in Bangkok on Friday. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
The government on Friday reported 802 new Covid-19 cases, 781 local infections and 21 imported, raising the total to 17,023.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said active case finding in communities had identified 692 cases and hospitals confirmed 89 cases over the past 24 hours.
The 692 cases found in communities consisted of 686 in Samut Sakhon province, three in Bangkok and one each in Nonthaburi, Sa Kaeo and Rayong.
Of the 89 new cases confirmed at hospitals, 79 were in Samut Sakhon, seven in Bangkok, two in Ayutthaya and one in Ang Thong.
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