Thailand reports 38 new coronavirus infections

Thailand reported 38 new coronavirus infections and the death of a 54-year-old man on Tuesday, a spokesman for a government agency said.

In addition to 16 new cases, including imported ones, there are 17 patients linked to previous cases and five people who tested positive but await investigation into how they caught the disease, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

Since the outbreak in January, Thailand’s tally stands at 2,258 infections and 27 death. 824 patients have recovered and gone home.

On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities announced an outbreak of pneumonia in the city of Wuhan. Diseases — a new type of coronavirus, which has the official name COVID-19.

On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO ) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus a pandemic.