Record 51 Covid deaths, 3,174 new cases"Permanently closed" signs on stalls on Tuesday at Bang Kapi fresh market, which has been shuttered after a Covid-19 outbreak. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)A record 51 Covid-19 fatalities and 3,174 new cases were reported over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Wednesday morning. The previous daily high of Covid-19 fatalities was 47 on May 27, when the country logged 3,323 new infections. Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 228,539 Covid-19 cases, 189,777 of whom recovered. The 3,174 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours included 3,112 local infections in 65 provinces and 26 imported cases.

Source: Bangkok Post June 23, 2021 01:14 UTC