PHOTOS: Thailand reports 93 new COVID-19 infections as first vaccines arrive in Bangkok
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Thailand reported 93 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the fifth consecutive day where the number of new infections have been at double digits.
As has been consistent with cases during the new wave of infections in the country, most were discovered during testing of migrant workers at quarantine facilities and hospitals in Samut Sakhon.
Of the new cases, 71 were local transmissions, while 22 were imported from people entering quarantine.
96 people were discharged from hospital having made a full recovery
1,067 people remain in hospital or held in a migrant worker quarantine centre.
Wednesday's cases bring the total number of COVID-19 infections in Thailand to 25,692, with 83 deaths.
The news comes as the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Thailand on Wednesday morning.
The vaccines arrived at Suvarnabhumi on a Thai Airways flight from China.
The flight included 200,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine.
The flight was welcomed as part of a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister, Prayuth Chan-o-Cha and the entire Cabinet.
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