The country had 44 new Covid-19 fatalities and 3,644 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.

There were 3,482 cases in the general population and 162 among prison inmates.

Over the past 24 hours, 1,751 Covid-19 patients recovered and left hospitals.

Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 207,428 Covid-19 patients, 165,680 of whom have recovered.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 236,291 Covid-19 cases, 193,106 of whom recovered.

The death toll was at 1,725 in the third wave and 1,819 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.

The 44 new fatalities were 29-92 years old. Twenty-six were men. Forty-two were Thais. The rest were Myanmar and Lao nationals.

Bangkok again logged the most new cases at 1,142, followed by 295 in Samut Sakhon, 215 in Yala, 192 in Pathum Thani, 186 in Samut Prakan, 183 in Chon Buri, 157 in Nonthaburi, 134 in Songkhla, 119 in Nakhon Pathom and 79 in Pattani.