A student undergoes a temperature check as schools reopen due to the easing of restrictions after a temporary closure to combat the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Bangkok. (Photo: AFP)Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand on February 1 recorded 836 new coronaviruscases, 793 of them from active testing.
No newdeaths were reported, leaving the toll at 77, according to a briefing from theCentre for Covid-19 Situation Analysis (CCSA).
Of the new cases, 782 were in SamutSakhon, with a further six in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham andfive in Bangkok. A further 39 cases were found in hospital and clinicwalk-ins -- 32 in Samut Sakhon, five in Bangkok and two in Ratchaburi.
Thailand has documented 19,618 COVID-19 cases so far, including 17,155locally-transmitted infections and 2,463 imported cases. As many as 12,514patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, while 7,027 areunder treatment.
Meanwhile, the Philippines reported 1,658 new cases the same day, bringing thetotal number of confirmed cases to 572,272, according to the country’sDepartment of Health (DOH).
The death toll climbed to 10,807 after 58 more patients died from the viraldisease, the DOH said. It added 27 more patients recovered, raising the totalnumber of recoveries to 487,574.
The Philippines, with a population about 110 million, has tested over 7.3million people since the disease emerged in January last year.
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Philippines RabindraAbeyasinghe lauded the Philippines for making use of the prolonged coronaviruslockdown in dealing with the pandemic.
The Philippines remains under varying degrees of lockdown restrictions for morethan 10 months now, causing the economy to shrink 9.5 percent in 2020.
The Philippine government plans to buy 148 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinesto inoculate up to 70 million Filipinos this year./.
Of the new cases, 782 were in SamutSakhon, with a further six in the northeastern province of Maha Sarakham andfive in Bangkok. A further 39 cases were found in hospital and clinicwalk-ins -- 32 in Samut Sakhon, five in Bangkok and two in Ratchaburi.
Thailand has documented 19,618 COVID-19 cases so far, including 17,155locally-transmitted infections and 2,463 imported cases. As many as 12,514patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals, while 7,027 areunder treatment.
Meanwhile, the Philippines reported 1,658 new cases the same day, bringing thetotal number of confirmed cases to 572,272, according to the country’sDepartment of Health (DOH).
The death toll climbed to 10,807 after 58 more patients died from the viraldisease, the DOH said. It added 27 more patients recovered, raising the totalnumber of recoveries to 487,574.
The Philippines, with a population about 110 million, has tested over 7.3million people since the disease emerged in January last year.
World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in the Philippines RabindraAbeyasinghe lauded the Philippines for making use of the prolonged coronaviruslockdown in dealing with the pandemic.
The Philippines remains under varying degrees of lockdown restrictions for morethan 10 months now, causing the economy to shrink 9.5 percent in 2020.
The Philippine government plans to buy 148 million doses of COVID-19 vaccinesto inoculate up to 70 million Filipinos this year./.
VNA
