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Bangkok Post
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New Covid cases soar above 25,000 Thursday, 77 more deaths

After donating blood at the National Blood Centre of the Thai Red Cross Society, donors were given a bag of rice and a kilogramme of fresh ginger each by the centre as a show of appreciation. A sharp rise in Covid-19 cases has kept many people from giving blood, causing the stockpile to fall. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

Thailand logged 25,456 new Covid-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the most ever save for the 25,615 announced on Feb 26th, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning. There were 77 more fatalities, a record high in the latest wave.

Thursday's new caseload was 1,511 higher than the 23,945 new cases reported on Wednesday morning, while the death toll rose by seven. 

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