Chonburi Covid – 19 cases rise to 101 as two new clusters found, one death

Chonburi –

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 101 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 with one new death today, June 4th , mostly driven by two new clusters which were a Chinese party and ice factory.

This makes a total of 4,892 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 974 still in medical care, and with a total of 29 recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April. One additional death was announced this morning although details were not released.

Additionally, 3,889 people in total have now been released from medical care and fully recovered since this current wave began. 110 people were released yesterday.

The district-level new cases were as follows today:

Mueang Chonburi with 12, Si Racha 60, Banglamung (including Pattaya) 11, Panat Nikhom, 2, Ban Bueng 10, Pan Thong 2, Nong Yai 1, and three patients were transferred from another province to Chonburi for medical care.

The details on today’s cases given were:

  1. Cluster at Suksawat Pansadet ice factory in Si Racha, 49 cases. The factory will be ordered for a temporary closure from today.
  2. Cluster Chinese party, 10 cases (district was not given)
  3. Close contact from previous confirmed case from Rayong, 1 case
  4. Close contact from previous confirmed case from Chachoengsao, 1 case
  5. Contact from previous confirmed cases
    • In families, 8 cases
    • In work places, 12 cases
  6. Being investigated, 20 cases

In the last day, a total 186 close contacts were tested from contact tracing, and 840 people were tested in proactive testing when medical staff goes out into the community. All are pending results.

Public health officials continue to urge people to not socialize outside of their direct household until the situation improves. Most cases have come from small social gatherings according to authorities.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.