Prognosis
Delta Spread Beyond Bangkok Is Pushing Thai Cases to Record
- Delta variant has now been reported in 75 out of 77 provinces
- Country reports highest daily increases in cases, deaths
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Thailand is bracing for the emergence of new Covid clusters as the highly infectious delta variant spreads rapidly beyond the current epicenter of metropolitan Bangkok.
About 60% of Thailand’s new coronavirus cases in recent days have been reported from outside the capital and surrounding provinces, with low vaccination rates and looser movement curbs, official data showed. The country’s rate of new infections per million population at nearly 300 now dwarfs that of Indonesia or India, with a new daily record 21,379 cases reported on Friday.