Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said the 39 new Covid-19 cases were all linked to the shrimp market in Samut Sakhon province. Two others were Myanmar nationals, a housewife in Krabi province and a department store employee in Tak province. The seven new cases among quarantined arrivals came from Bahrain, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Dr Taweesilp said the CCSA was not reporting new cases among migrant workers for several reasons. Of all 5,762 local cases, 4,095 (71%) had recovered, including 17 discharged over the previous 24 hours, and 1,607 were in hospital, the CCSA said.

Source: Bangkok Post December 23, 2020 07:07 UTC