28 new cases offer proof Covid-19 curve flattening in Thailand

People wear face masks, as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19 as they shop at an outdoor market in Bangkok on April 17, 2020. - AFP

BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Thailand’s total number of Covid-19 patients rose to 2,700 with 28 new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period, while one more person died, Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, spokesman of the government's Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration, said on Friday (April 17).

He said the number on Friday was the same as on Monday, the lowest in weeks. He added that 964 Covid-19 patients remained in hospital, the first time it had gone under 1,000 in weeks, leaving many patient beds available.