Health officials have reported Thailand’s 70th death related to the Covid-19 coronavirus and 230 new cases as of Saturday. A 67 year-old man died in Bangkok Friday bringing the total to 70 deaths from Covid-19 and a total 11,680 Covid-19 cases, according to the Covid-19 center’s daily report on Saturday.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the 67-year-old man who died had been to an entertainment venue twice, on Dec 21 and Dec 23. From Dec 24-27, he fell ill with a fever and a cough, said Dr Taweesilp.
After learning that an employee of the venue had been diagnosed with Covid-19, the man asked to be tested on Dec 29. The result came back positive the next day.
On Thursday, he developed pneumonia and acute kidney failure and died on the same day, said the CCSA spokesman.
Of the 230 new local infections, 83 were people who…
