(Photo: Apichart Jinakul)The government on Friday reported 309 new Covid-19 cases – 297 local infections and 12 imported - raising the total to 13,104. In the group of 80 new cases, 49 were found in Samut Sakhon province and eight in Bangkok. Active case finding found 212 cases in Samut Sakhon, including 196 migrant workers, and five Myanmar migrants in Bangkok. Samut Sakhon recorded 261 new cases in the past 24 hours and had 5,036 of the 8,302 cases found nationwide since Dec 18. Next week active case finding would be accelerated at factories in Samut Sakhon and adjacent districts in Bangkok, Dr Taweesilp said.

Source: Bangkok Post January 22, 2021 07:07 UTC