Thailand on Sunday recorded 198 new coronavirus cases, 118 of them local transmissions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 13,500. One new death was reported, raising the accumulated toll to 73.
Deputy Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokeswoman Apisamai Srisangson said the new fatality was a 73-year-old woman who had been in close contact with a Covid-19 patient in her family in Samut Sakhon.
She showed symptoms on Jan 4 and her test conducted at Samut Sakhon Hospital on Jan 9 was positive. She was later transferred to Taksin Hospital in Bangkok and pronounced dead in Saturday.
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