A student walks past Sanam Luang, with the Grand Palace in the background, in Bangkok on Wednesday, when Thailand logged no new Covid-19 cases. The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said the number of Covid-19 cases was unchanged at 3,490 of whom 3,325 (95%) had recovered, including nine discharged on Wednesday. Meanwhile, global Covid-19 cases soared by 307,465 over the previous 24 hours to 30.03 million, and the worldwide death toll rose 6,585 to 945,072. India now ranked second with 5.11 million cases, up by 97,859 in 24 hours, and 83.23 deaths, up 1,139. Brazil was third with 4.42 million cases, up 37,387, and 134,174 deaths, up 967.

Source: Bangkok Post September 17, 2020 05:26 UTC