Thailand on Monday recorded 745 new coronavirus cases, 709 of them local transmissions, bringing the total since Covid-19 first appeared in January 2020 to 8,439. One additional death was reported, raising the accumulated toll to 65.
The 24-hour total of 709 cases comprised 557 migrant workers and 152 Thai nationals.
The record daily increase in case numbers, the largest since the beginning of the pandemic, was expected after Samut Sakhon province reported an additional 541 cases on Sunday afternoon. That number is included in Monday’s figures.
The newly recorded…
