New records of infections by covid-19 in Southeast Asia
Several Southeast Asian countries have registered their highest daily numbers of infections and deaths from covid-19 in recent hours due to the strength of the delta variant, which they are unable to control despite the various restrictions imposed.
According to data published this Friday by the health authorities of Thailand, the country registered 14,575 new infections on Thursday, the highest daily number since the beginning of the pandemic, and 114 new deaths, which leaves the total of deaths at 3,811 out of 467,707 contagions.
Vietnam also reached its highest number of infections since the start of the pandemic, 6,153 in a single day, two thirds of them in Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon), the largest city in the country, in which the authorities do not They are managing to control the outbreak despite the strict movement restrictions of the past two weeks.
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