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New Covid cases fall for fifth day

Health workers provide Covid-19-infected people who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms with relevant medicines in a drive-through clinic in Pathum Thani province on April 18. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The country registered 13,816 new Covid-19 cases during the previous 24 hours, the fifth straight daily decline, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Tuesday morning.

Daily fatalities fell by four to 120.

The new case figures did not include 7,009 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. This would raise the total to 20,825.

The 13,816 new cases comprised 13,758 in the general population, one prison inmate and 57 arrivals from other countries.

Bangkok continued to lead the most daily cases at 3,373, followed by 483 in Samut Prakan, 453 in Buri Ram, 446 in Chon Buri, 429 in Nonthaburi, 359 in Khon Kaen, 335 in Si Sa Ket, 321 in Nakhon Pathom, 312 in Surin and 281 in Roi Et.

The 57 imported cases came from 17 countries. They included 14 from Laos, seven from the United Kingdom, six from Germany and four from Singapore.

According to the CCSA, the 120 people who died were aged from two to 106 years and included two Myanmar nationals and one Chinese.

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