Thailand Records 21 Deaths in One Day from UK Variant of Covid-19

Thailand on Saturday reported 21 new deaths from the UK variant of Covid-19, setting a new daily record and raising fatalities to 224, while 1,891 new cases of the UK variant brought the total to 67,044.

Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said of the deaths, 12 were women. The average age among the persons who died was 73. Furthermore the average time from infection confirmation to death was five days.

By location, 10 were in Bangkok, two each in Chon Buri and Samut Prakan, and one each in Ubon Ratchathani, Kalasin, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Pathum Thani and Phetchaburi, said Dr Taweesilp.

Existing conditions and risk factors among the people who died were hypertension (10), diabetes (9), heart disease (4), high cholesterol (3), stroke (3), cancer (2), obesity (2), chronic lung disease (2), chronic…