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Thursday, May 2, 2024

One Covid death, 305 new cases

Workers drive piles as they begin construction of a 5-million-baht field hospital with 1,000 beds, to treat Covid-19 patients, on 8 rai of private land in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Thursday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The government on Thursday reported 305 new Covid-19 cases – 193 local infections, 109 from active testing and three arrivals – raising the total to 9,636, and one more death lifted the fatality toll to 67.

Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the latest death was a Thai man, aged 88, who also had cancer and was bed-ridden.

He caught Covid-19 from his son, who had been in an at-risk area in Rayong province. The son visited him at home on Dec 22, later tested positive for the disease and was admitted to a hospital in…

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