17 returnees, one local medical staff test positive for Covid-19

• Four from Switzerland: Three Thai women, two aged 53 and one aged 56, who landed in Thailand on November 25 and tested positive on December 7; and a 53-year-old Swiss national who arrived on November 29 and tested positive on December 4.

• Two from Sweden: A Thai woman, 63, who arrived on November 26 and tested positive on December 7, and a 16-year-old Thai teen who arrived on November 28 and tested positive on December 3.

• Two from the Philippines: An American man, 65, who arrived on December 2 and tested positive on December 7, and a Filipina, 28, who arrived on December 3 and tested positive on December 7.

• One from the US: A 56-year-old American man who landed on December 3 and tested positive on December 8.

• Two from the UK: Italian woman, 23, and an American man, 23, arrived on December 7 and tested positive the same day.

• One from Nepal: A 20-year-old Nepalese woman who arrived on November 28 and tested positive on December 8.

• One from Kenya: A 35-year-old Kenyan man who arrived in Thailand on December 2 and tested positive on December 7.

• One from Russia: A 53-year-old Thai woman who arrived on December 3 and tested positive on December 8.

• Two from Italy: A Thai man, 22, and Thai woman, 30, who arrived on December 5 and tested positive on December 8.

• One from Libya: A Thai man, 52, who landed on December 5 and tested positive on December 8.

• The domestic case is a 29-year-old medical staff who came into contact with Covid-19 patients. She is undergoing medical treatment at a private hospital in Bangkok.

As of Thursday, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand had risen to 4,169 (1,181 in state quarantine). Of these, 221 are in hospital and 3,888 have recovered and been discharged. The death toll remains unchanged at 60.

According to Worldometer, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has risen to 69.24 million, 47.99 million of whom have recovered and 1.57 million have succumbed to the infection.

Thailand ranks 151st globally, while the list is topped by the US with 15.82 million, followed by India (9.76 million), Brazil (6.73 million), Russia (2.54 million) and France (2.3 million).