The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 106 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 with one new death this morning (May 24th), driven by clusters at industrial estates and factories. Pattaya News

Chonburi has 106 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19, mostly from a single factory cluster

Monday, 24 May 2021, 9:56

Chonburi-

The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 106 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 with one new death this morning (May 24th), driven by clusters at industrial estates and factories.

This makes a total of 4,269 cases of Covid-19 in the current round of infections, with 998 still in medical care, with a total of nineteen recorded deaths in Chonburi since the start of this recent round of infections in early April. One more death was announced in this morning's update.

Additionally, 3,252 people in total have now been released from medical care and fully recovered since this current wave began. 68 people were released yesterday.

The district-level new cases were as follows today: Mueang Chonburi with 67, Si Racha 1, Banglamung (including Pattaya) 6, Phanat Nikhom 3, Sattahip 2, Ban Bueng 3, Pan Thong 22, and two patients were transferred from another province to Chonburi for medical care.

The details on today's cases given were:

1. Cluster at the Celeres company factory in Mueang Chonburi 72 cases
2. Cluster in New Market, 4 cases
3. Contact with previous confirmed cases at the Okumura metal factory, three cases
4. Contact previous confirmed cases from Okumura factory in families, 2 cases
5. Contact previous confirmed case in other provinces, 2 cases
6. Contact previous confirmed cases in families, 2 cases
7. Close contact under investigation, 4 cases
8. Being investigated, 17 cases.

In the last day, a total of 277 close contacts were tested from contact tracing, and 1,066 people were tested in proactive testing when medical staff goes out into the community. All are pending results.

Chonburi Public Health officials continue proactive testing at industrial estates in the province, especially in Mueang Chonburi.

All the factories involved in current clusters are closed and all staff quarantined/cut off from the general public while disease investigation continues. Related dormitories for migrant workers at the factories have also been "sealed off" for Covid-19 precautions.