Bangkok alone has now surpassed 10,000 new cases since the beginning of the latest wave of Covid-19 infections on Jan 1, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) posted on its website on Tuesday, as one of the country's leading virologists revealed that the Omicron variant is now accounting for around 90% of all new infections.
With the latest headline-making strain blamed for the surge, Bangkok, one of 15 provinces to report in excess of 100 new cases, on Tuesday posted 753 more infections, while officials in Samut Prakan had passed on details of a further 598 new infections in their province.
