Six new COVID-19 cases recorded in quarantine in Thailand

Thailand recorded six new COVID-19 infections today, all among Thais who have returned from abroad and are in state quarantine.

According to the CCSA, two new cases are an 8-year old student and a 35-year old housemaid, returning from Saudi Arabia on September 5^th and in quarantine in Bangkok.  Both tested positive for coronavirus on the 17^th.

Three others are students returning from Morocco on September 18^th. They passed the screening on arrival, but tested positive in swab tests later on the same day.

The sixth case is a 38-year old man, who arrived from Kuwait on September 13^th and entered state quarantine in Chon Buri.  He tested positive five days later.

Cumulative infections in Thailand, to date, are 3,506, with 3,340 recoveries and 59 deaths.