A deceased COVID-19 patient in Manila, the Philippines (Photo: AFP/VNA) The figure included 937 community infections, 914 of whichwere recorded in Samut Sakhon province, while the remainder was imported.
Samut Sakhon became the epicentre of a new COVID-19outbreak in Thailand last month, following a mass testing on migrant workersfrom Myanmar and Thai citizens.
Thailand’s national tally now stood at 14,646, with 75deaths. Total recoveries exceeded 10,000 and more than 3,600 cases are undertreatment.
In Indonesia, the national count exceeded 1 million onJanuary 26 after the country logged 13,094 new COVID-19 cases. The death tollincreased 336 to 28,468.
On the same day, Cambodia recorded two new cases, bothimported, taking the national count to 460. The new cases are returnees fromIndonesia and Thailand earlier this month, according to the Cambodian Ministryof Health. Total recoveries stood at 412 while the country has reported zerodeaths.
The Philippine’s Ministry of Health announced 1,173 newCOVID-19 cases were confirmed on the day, raising the total number to 516,166. Fatalitiesrose to 10,386, an increase of 94 cases from the previous day. The number ofrecoveries totalled 475,400./.
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