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A truck sprays disinfectant at Pornpat market in Thanyaburi district of Pathum Thani. The province logged 22 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, when 130 new infections were reported nationwide. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
The government on Friday confirmed that a doctor who treated patients infected with Covid-19 had himself caught the disease and died, raising the death toll to 83.
The total number of infections since the pandemic hit the country had risen to 25,241, Covid-19 Situation Administration assistant spokeswoman Apisamai Srirangson said during the daily briefing from Government House.
Dr Panya Hanphanitphan, 66, was the latest death, which was widely reported on Thursday.
He had treated three patients at his clinic in Maha Sarakham province before they were confirmed infected with Covid-19, linked to a banquet in the northeastern province.