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24,892 new Covid cases Monday

A child has a body temperature checked before being vaccinated against Covid-19 at the Thailand International Health Expo in Bangkok last month. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The country registered 97 more Covid-19 fatalities and 24,892 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

The figures did not include 15,972 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. This would raise the total to 40,864.

Bangkok had eight new deaths while there were also 12 in adjacent provinces - in Samut Prakan (4), Samut Sakhon (4), Pathum Thani (2) and Nakhon Pathom (2).

Other central plains provinces further from the capital recorded 31 deaths.

The Northeast had 18 fatalities, and the South reported 13 deaths.

The North saw 15 more coronavirus-related fatalities.

Bangkok had the most new cases at 3,321, followed by 1,448 in Chon Buri, 1,127 in Nonthaburi, 955 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 907 in Samut Prakan, 805 in Samut Sakhon, 666 in Khon Kaen, 581 in Songkhla, 573 in Ratchaburi and 567 in Roi Et.

The 46 imported cases came from 19 countries and included 11 from the United Kingdom, six each from Israel and Cambodia, three each from India and Germany and two each from Ukraine, Singapore and Myanmar.

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