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Samut Sakhon logs half of Monday’s 71 new Covid cases

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives the Sinovac coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at Samut Sakhon hospital in Samut Sakhon province, Feb 28, 2021. (Reuters)

Thailand on Monday added 71 new coronavirus cases – 48 local infections and 23 imported — bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 26,441. No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 85.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said 41 local infections were found at hospitals and just seven through active case-finding in communities.

Of the 41 local infections, 31 were logged in Samut Sakhon, the epicentre of the second Covid-19 wave. Prachin Buri logged three, Tak two and Bangkok and Pathum Thani one each.

Samut Sakhon also recorded the highest caseload from active testing in communities – six –…

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