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Local Covid cases drop to 43 Tuesday

FILE PHOTO: People wait for a Covid-19 test after being notified by the Rangsit municipal office that a noodle vendor had recently tested positive for the virus, in Pathum Thani on March 4. (Bangkok Post photo)

The government recorded 60 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the total since the pandemic began to 26,501. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 85.

Forty-three of the 60 new cases were local transmissions, while 17 were imported from abroad.

The Department of Disease Control said 22 of the new domestic cases were confirmed at hospitals and 21 in communities.

Samut Sakhon province logged 38 new cases across both categories, forming almost 90% of the daily increment. Nineteen were confirmed at hospitals (15 Myanmar and four Thais) and 19 cases were found in Myanmar…

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