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New Covid cases soar above 26,000 Thursday, 91 deaths

More than 100 foreigners, all unmasked, crowd an “Ecstatic Dance” party at Pyramid Yoga, Koh Phangan, Surat Thani province on Sunday. (Bangkok Post photo)

The country registered a sharply higher 26,081 more Covid-19 cases, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning, along with 91 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours.

This compared with the 94 coronavirus-related fatalities and 24,252 new cases reported on Wednesday morning.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said in the afternoon there were 26,000 local cases and 81 found in arrivals from other countries, led by 18 from Cambodia, 16 from Saudi Arabia, 12 from Australia and 11 from Germany.

Bangkok had 2,926 new cases, followed by 1,542 in Chon…

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