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Thailand logs 836 new Covid cases, 793 from active testing

A student undergoes a temperature check as schools reopen due to the easing of restrictions after a temporary closure to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Bangkok on Monday. (AFP photo)

Thailand on Monday recorded 836 new coronavirus cases, 793 of them from active testing, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 19,618.

No new deaths were reported, leaving the toll at 77, according to a briefing from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Analysis (CCSA).

Of the 793 new cases found by active testing, almost all — 782 — were in Samut Sakhon, with a further six in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham and five in Bangkok. 

A further 39 cases were found in hospital and clinic walk-ins — 32 in Samut Sakhon, five in Bangkok and two in…

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