SAMUT SAKHON: Another 814 coronavirus infections were reported in Samut Sakhon yesterday as the Covid-19 outbreak continued unabated.
With Samut Sakhon being one of the 13 provinces declared as dark-red zones under maximum and strict Covid-19 control, 27 kinds of at-risk businesses have now been ordered to shut their doors and restrictions placed on other commercial outlets.
Of the 814 new infections, 135 were detected via mass testing, 16 found at bubbled and sealed factories and a prison, and 663 were confirmed at hospitals, the Samut Sakhon public relations office said on its Facebook page yesterday.
The new cases brought the provincial total to 36,392, of which 26,459 had recovered, with 322 discharged in the last 24 hours. A total of 9,851 people were still being treated at hospitals. The accumulated fatality figure stood at 82.
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