76,000 new COVID-19 infections in Thailand last week...How far is the spread?
Jun 17, 2025
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Thailand's Centers for Disease Control (DDC) announced that 76,161 new COVID-19 infections were reported across the country, including 17,945 in the capital Bangkok, from the 8th to the 14th, and 40 people died. Of the new patients, 72,166 were hospitalized.
Thailand's COVID-19 cases have risen for 24 weeks in a row, and the increase has been sharper recently. The number of deaths from COVID-19 this year was 114 until the beginning of this month, but it jumped to 154 in a week. This year, the total number of new confirmed cases increased to 476,584.
Health authorities urged people to wear masks in crowded places and strictly observe preventive measures such as vaccination.
Thailand is not the only country with such an increase in COVID-19.
Earlier, the number of patients in China also increased from 56,286 in March to 168,507 in April and 446,662 in May.
As a result of the resurgence of COVID-19 caused by the mutant virus in China and Southeast Asian countries, there have been concerns that the outbreak of COVID-19 may increase in late this month in consideration of the overseas COVID-19 epidemic and the summer conditions in previous years.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
