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Thailand discovered a total of 7,587 daily Covid-19 infections with 19 additional deaths in the past 24 hours, the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported today, January 26th.
The fatalities were 6 men and 13 women with the highest number recorded in Bangkok with 5. All of them were Thai nationals. The age range was between 8 months and 94 years old.
Most of them were reported with underlying health conditions, including hypertension (11), diabetes (8), hyperlipidemia (7), obesity (1), and kidney disease (4).
Of the new cases, 7,267 were found in hospitals and medical services (which includes contact tracing cases), 58 were from a proactive approach at previously reported clusters, 106 were from prisons, and the remaining 156 were imported cases.
A number of 81,299 patients are still under treatment/isolation/medical care. Of that, 519 patients are in critical condition including 97 on ventilators. This is roughly 0.63 percent of cases that are critical while 18.6 percent of that is critical enough for a ventilator.
Regarding the non-prison local infections, the highest number of patients were reported in Bangkok with 1,683, followed by Samut Prakan with 644, Phuket with 343, Chonburi with 335, Nonthaburi with 324, and Khon Kaen with 225.
A total number of 421,737 people nationwide have received Covid-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours. Of that, 41,545 people had received their first shots, 73,034 people had received their second shots, and 307,158 people had received their third shots. This is roughly 74.9% of the total Thai population who have had their first shot of a Covid-19 vaccine, 69.4% who have had a second shot and are fully vaccinated, and 18.4% have had a third booster shot.
As of today, 7,801 people fully recovered in the past 24 hours and have been released from field hospitals and quarantine centers. Thailand has now reached a total of 2,398,944 cases with 2,295,569 recoveries and a total of 22,076 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
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