A taxi motorcyclist picks up a passenger on Soi Wat Sing in Chom Thong district of Bangkok on Tuesday, with a poster hung at the stand saying drivers there have been tested for Covid-19. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
The government on Tuesday recorded 171 new Covid-19 cases, raising the accumulated total in
Thailand since the start of the pandemic to 12,594. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 70.
Although the number of new cases was significantly lower than in recent days, authorities expressed concernn over the spread of the disease in Samut Sakhon and Bangkok.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said the 171 new cases comprised 158 local transmissions and 13 quarantined arrivals.
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