The 1,458 new cases confirmed on Tuesday comprised 1,454 local infections and four quarantined arrivals, from Japan (two Japanese, one Thai) and Malaysia (a Thai woman). So far this month, the capital had 4,329 cases and adjacent provinces reported a total of 2,656 cases, Dr Apisamai said. "Many new cases are people who were in contact with previously confirmed cases and this raises the number of infections among family members and the local community," she said. Of the 46,643 total cases, 29,371 (63%) had recovered, including 413 discharged over the previous 24 hours, and 17,162 were in hospital. Global Covid-19 cases rose by 824,975 in 24 hours to 143.54 million.

Source: Bangkok Post April 21, 2021 07:01 UTC