FORTY-TWO of 76 Thais who returned from Indonesia are Covid-19 patients, a report said.



Of the returnees, 22 were sent to quarantine at Southern Lak Muang Stadium in Songkhla province, including 11 suspected cases, 10 patients, and one who tested negative.



Seven returnees were sent for screening at Seangtham Vittaya School in Narathiwat province. Five are suspected and two others have been confirmed as infected.



In Pattani province, 13 people have been quarantined at places provided by the province. Eight are suspected cases and seven people are infected.



Among those sent to quarantine in Yala’s primary health centre, seven were infected with the virus.



The other 26 returnees have been quarantined at Songkhla Rajabhat University Satun campus, of whom 16 were found with the virus.



Also, 35 LionAir staff have been quarantined in a hotel in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district. They had no suspected symptoms.



Thailand’s total number of Covid-19 patients yesterday rose to 2,258, with 111 new cases confirmed over a 24-hour period while three foreigners died, a spokesman for the government’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said yesterday. — The Nation/ANN

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