BANGKOK, May 1 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): For the past 44 days, Thailand has been among the top 10 countries with the highest number of daily Covid-19 infections, a medical lecturer said in a Facebook post on Sunday.
“It has also been among the top 10 countries with the highest Covid-related deaths for 15 days,” read the post from Thira Woratanarat, who is a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine.
On Saturday alone, Thailand ranked seventh worldwide and third in Asia in terms of infections, and third globally for Covid-related deaths and account for 31.89 per cent of Covid-19 deaths in the region, he said.
Thira went on to say that Asia and Europe now account for 76.89 per cent of Covid-19 infections worldwide and 78.49 per cent of total Covid-related deaths.
“The number of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Asia alone accounts for 31.49 per cent and 31.57 per cent of global figures, respectively,” he said.
The country now ranks 24th worldwide when it comes to total infections.
Thailand recorded 11,535 new Covid-19 cases and 91 deaths on Sunday, bringing the country’s total caseload to 4,262,484.
Of them 4,092,878 have recovered, 140,989 are still in hospital and 28,617 have died.
The country’s total caseload from Covid-19 stands at 4,262,484 – 4,092,878 of whom have recovered, 140,989 are still in hospitals and 28,617 have died.
Separately, another 38,092 people were given their first Covid-19 shot in the last 24 hours, 89,818 their second shot and 123,296 a booster, bringing the total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered nationwide to 133,576,743.
According to Worldometer, confirmed cases globally had risen to 513.34 million on Sunday, 467.36 million of whom have recovered, 39.72 million are active cases (41,408 in severe condition) and 6.26 million have died.
Thailand ranks 24th in the global list of most cases, which is topped by the US with 83.06 million, followed by India with 43.07 million, Brazil with 30.44 million, France with 28.64 million and Germany with 24.76 million. - The Nation Thailand/ANN
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