New Covid cases drop below 17,000, 264 deathsA man submits to a Covid-19 nasal swab test at a community isolation centre in Ratburana district of Bangkok on Saturday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)Thailand logged 264 more Covid-19 fatalities and 16,536 new cases over the previous 24 hours, the first time new daily infections dropped below 17,000 all month, the Public Health Ministry reported on Sunday morning. More than half of the 264 fatalities were recorded in the hot spots of Bangkok and the five neighbouring provinces of Samut Prakan, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Pathom. Bangkok also continued to lead new infections, registering 3,821, while another 3,101 cases were detected in the capital's five neighbouring provinces. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,174,091 Covid-19 cases, 985,465 of whom recovered.

Source: Bangkok Post August 29, 2021 02:51 UTC