Another 836 cases of coronavirus infection were reported on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed caseload since the start of the pandemic a year ago to 20,618.
Two more deaths were also reported, both elderly people, raising the toll to 79.
The 836 new cases included 819 domestic transmissions, with 710 of those found through active testing. There were 17 imported cases.
Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the first new death was a 75-year-old Thai woman in Samut Sakhon province. She had also suffered from hypertension and high cholesterol.
On Jan 25 she sought a Covid-19 test because her husband was confirmed with the disease. She was…
