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New Covid cases soar above 25,000 Thursday, 77 more deaths

After donating blood at the National Blood Centre of the Thai Red Cross Society, donors were given a bag of rice and a kilogramme of fresh ginger each by the centre as a show of appreciation. A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases has kept many people from giving blood, causing the stockpile to fall. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

Thailand logged 25,456 new Covid-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the most ever save for the 25,615 announced on Feb 26th, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning. There were 77 more fatalities, a record high in the latest wave.

Thursday’s new caseload was 1,511 higher than the 23,945 new cases reported on Wednesday morning, while the death toll rose by seven. 

Only 39 of the 25,456 new cases were detected in arrivals from other countries. 

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