Flooding still prevails in 24 provinces, affecting over one million people, and the flood death toll has risen to 533 with two missing, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation announced on Thursday.
The 24 provinces are Bangkok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Saraburi,
Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Ubon Ratchathani, Si Sa Ket, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin, Chachoengsao, Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri.
The Public Health Ministry reported that seven people were suspected to have been infected with leptospirosis, a bacterial infection whch often spreads after flooding, in Phachi district of Ayutthaya provinces.
Seventy-two people were reported to have sufferred from diarrhoea at a condominium in Muang district of Nonthaburi. The illness was believed to have been caused by drinking raw low-quality tap water.
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