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…