Health care workers move a dead body to a container after a hospital morgue overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths begun to store bodies in refrigerated containers, as the country struggles to deal with its biggest outbreak to date, in Pathum Thani, Thailand July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK, Aug 6 (Reuters) – Thailand on Friday reported 21,379 coronavirus cases and 191 deaths, both new records, data from the country’s COVID-19 taskforce showed.
The new cases brought total infections to 714,684 and total fatalities to 5,854 since the pandemic began last year.
Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng
Editing by Ed Davies
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