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New Covid cases rebound to 23,945, death toll steady at 70

A nurse vaccinates an elderly member of the Ua Arthorn housing community in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi on Tuesday. Aged people are being advised to get Covid-19 shots amid the sharp rise in cases tied to the Omicron variant. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

There were 70 more Covid-19 fatalities and after four days of declines, a sharply higher 23,945 confirmed new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.

This compared with the 70 coronavirus-related fatalities and 19,742 new cases reported on Tuesday morning.

The figures did not include 24,059 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours – almost double Tuesday’s figures. This would raise the total to 48,004.

The latest 70 fatalities were between the ages of 1 and 98 years and…

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