BANGKOK: Thailand reported on Tuesday 35 new coronavirus deaths, a record daily number that included the country’s youngest victim up to now, a two-month-old baby, as authorities struggle to contain a third wave of infections.
The Southeast Asian country’s latest Covid-19 outbreak has seen infections more than triple and deaths increase six fold since it started in April, following a year of success in containing earlier outbreaks.
The new deaths included a two-month-old baby with a heart condition, the Covid-19 task force said.
Bangkok, the epicentre of the current outbreak, recorded 876 new infections on Monday, still the highest among the country’s provinces.
“New infections found in Bangkok remain high. Overall new cases are still on a rising trend,” Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman for the Covid-19 task force, told a briefing.
Bangkok has now recorded 28,658 new infections since the outbreak emerged in April.
— Reuters
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