New Covid cases drop below 16,000A monk wearing a protective outfit sits on a vehicle sent by Wat Siripong Thammaninit in Bang Khen district, Bangkok, to give free food to people affected by Covid-19. The number of Covid cases in Thailand is currently 176,137, down from a peak of 214,786 on Aug 8, according to epidemic-stats.com. Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 1,161,200 Covid-19 patients, with 974,418 recoveries to date. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,190,063 Covid-19 cases, 1,002,746 of whom have so far recovered. The high of daily Covid-19 cases was at 23,418 reported on Aug 13 and the record high of new daily fatalities was at 312 reported on Aug 18.

Source: Bangkok Post August 30, 2021 02:24 UTC