Eight Covid-19 deaths and a record 2,839 new cases, 1,582 of them in Bangkok, were reported on Saturday, bringing the totals to 129 deaths and 53,022 cases.
The current outbreak since April 1 has now infected 26,998 people and killed 43.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the eight deaths were six men and two women.
The 122nd death was an obese Thai man, 48, in Samut Prakan. He had visited an entertainment venue in the Srinakarin area. On April 12, he had a fever, sore throat and diarrhoea. On April 18, he tested positive and had pneumonia. He died on Thursday.
The 123rd death was a Thai woman, 83, in…
