BANGKOK (AP) — Health authorities in Thailand reported 6,087 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting a record for a second straight day, as concerns mounted over shortages of treatment facilities and vaccine supplies.
Officials also reported 61 deaths on Friday, bringing the total to 2,141.
Around 90% of Thailand’s 270,921 reported coronavirus cases and 95% of the deaths have been recorded during a surge that began in early April. There were 992 deaths in June, more than 15 times Thailand’s total for all of 2020.
The number of patients in ICUs and on ventilators has risen nationwide over the past two weeks.
The government’s Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration said 39% of the new cases reported Friday were in Bangkok, 25% in neighboring provinces and 36% in the other 71 provinces. Center deputy spokesperson Apisamai Srirangsan said Bangkok authorities must urgently set up…
