Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand logged its first COVID-19 death after more than 100 days on September 18, bringing the nation’s fatalities to 59.
Director-General of the Medical Science Department of Thailand Somsak Akksilp said the deceased was a 54-year-old Thai man who returned to the country earlier this month.
He was treated at a hospital in Bangkok capital for two weeks.
The total number of cases in Thailand had risen to 3,497 as of September 18, according to the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration./.
VNA