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Country has its highest death toll yet

Country has its highest death toll yet

7 fatalities take Covid tally to 117

Social security members queue up for free Covid-19 tests in Din Daeng district, Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

The government on Thursday reported seven more Covid-19 deaths, its highest daily toll since the pandemic surfaced early last year.

This month’s death toll amid the third Covid spike has reached 23, equivalent to 0.12% of cases, said Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, (CCSA).

By last night there had been 1,470 new infections recorded over the previous 24 hours and an overall total of 117 deaths out of 48,113 total infections.

All the new cases were local infections, of which 1,370 were confirmed at…

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