Thailand has ranked number one in the world out of 184 countries for its ongoing Covid-19 recovery effort, according to the Global COVID-19 Index (GCI) developed by Pemandu Associates, a Malaysian data analysis and research agency supported by the Malaysian government and the Sunway Group.

In the index, Thailand received the highest score of 82.06, as an example of best practices in tackling the ongoing global pandemic. As of today, the number of confirmed cases in Thailand stood at 3,298, with 129 currently being treated, while 3,111 have recovered and 58 have died.

The GCI bases 70 per cent of its calculation on big data and daily analysis from 184 countries, while the other 30 per cent comes from the Global Health Security Index, an assessment of global health security in 195 countries prepared by the Johns Hopkins Centre for Health Security in the United States.

South Korea ranked second with a recovery index of 81.09, followed by Latvia (80.81), Malaysia (79.37), Taiwan (78.94) and New Zealand (78.55). Australia, which had been the number one so far, fell to sixth, with a recovery index of 77.18.

India ranks at distant 78th with only 53.02 index score.