Thailand reports 3000-plus new Covid19 cases, 17 more deaths as total tally nears 100,000


A deserted street in the Silom Soi 4 district of Bangkok on May 13, 2021. Thailand plans to inoculate the majority of the adult population in Bangkok in the coming months to quell a flareup in virus infections that's made the capital city the epicenter of the nations biggest Covid-19 outbreak. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK, May 15 (Xinhua): Thailand reported 3,095 new COovid-19 infections on Saturday, raising the total caseload to 99,145, as more cases were found in the country's prison system, official data showed.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said the new cases included 877 infected at prisons, 2,215 domestic transmissions outside the prison system and three imported cases.

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