BANGKOK, April 10 (CNA) - Thailand reported 50 new coronavirus cases and the death of a 43-year-old woman on Friday (Apr 10).

Of the new cases, 27 are linked to previous cases and eight who are waiting for investigation into how they caught the disease, said Taweesin Wisanuyothin, a spokesman of the government's Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.

Three of the new cases were imported, Wisanuyothin said.

Since the outbreak escalated in January, Thailand has reported a total of 2,473 cases and 33 fatalities, while 1,013 patients have recovered and gone home.