87 Covid deaths, 9,317 new cases
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14 Jul 2021 at 14:21
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14 Jul 2021 at 14:25
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A new field hospital being erected near Mongkutwattana Hospital on Changwattana Road in Lak Si district on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
There were 87 more Covid-19 fatalities and 9,317 new transmissions were in Thailand on Tuesday health authorities said on Wednesday morning.
This raised the toll to 2,934 deaths and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 363,029.
Official said 9,188 of the new infections were in the general population and 129 in prisons.
Apisamai Srirangson, a spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said later in the afternoon briefing that the 87 new fatalities were aged 24-104 years and 70% of them were over 60 years old.