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New Covid cases soar to 5,775

A visitor to the Government Complex on Chaeng Wattana Road gets her nose swapped for a Covid-19 test while carrying a child on her back on Jan 5, 2022. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

Thailand logged 5,775 new Covid-19 cases and 11 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.

The rise from the 3,899 in Wednesday’s bulletin prompted the government to raise the Covid alert level to 4.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said in the afternoon briefing that the 11 new fatalities were between the ages of 37 and 90 years old, and included one Myanmar national and one of unidentified nationality.

Songkhla had the most new deaths at four. One each was logged in Bangkok, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Ubon Ratchathani, Chiang Mai, Tak and Lop…

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