11,786 new Covid cases, 136 more deathsA young child undergoes a Covid-19 antigen test at Samakkeesongkraw School in Klong Toey district of Bangkok on Monday. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)Thailand logged 11,786 new Covid-19 cases -- the fewest since July 20 -- and 136 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning. The 11,786 new cases (down from 12,583) included 11,510 local infections and five imported cases. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,406,542 Covid-19 cases, with 1,262,896 complete recoveries so far. Global Covid-19 cases rose by 440,800 in 24 hours (up from 373,175) to 226.10 million.

Source: Bangkok Post September 14, 2021 00:45 UTC