4,193 new Covid cases, 28 more deaths

4,193 new Covid cases, 28 more deaths

A woman takes her boy with her for a Covid-19 swab test at the Bang Rak district office on Thursday, following the emergence of the Omicron variant. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
A woman takes her boy with her for a Covid-19 swab test at the Bang Rak district office on Thursday, following the emergence of the Omicron variant. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

There were 4,193 more Covid-19 cases and another 28 coronavirus-related deaths registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.

There were 4,172 cases in the general population and 21 among prison inmates.

On Thursday, 7,863 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

This compares with  49 fatalities and 4,203 new cases announced on Thursday and  38 deaths and 3,618 new cases reported on Wednesday morning.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 2,160,780 Covid-19 cases, with 2,082,951 complete recoveries so far.

The vast majority of the Covid cases and deaths have occurred since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began.

The death toll stood at 21,018 during the third wave and 21,112 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The kingdom's 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was 312 recorded on Aug 18. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 13.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said in the afternoon briefing that the latest  28 new fatalities were aged  48 to 101 years and included one foreigner, a Myanmar national.

Bangkok continued to log the most deaths, two more, with one more reported in the adjacent province of Nakhon Pathom.

Other central plain provinces further from the capital recorded four more deaths — one each in Kanchanaburi, Chachoengsao, Ayutthaya and Lop Buri.

The Northeast had two more fatalities, one each in Nong Bua Lamphu and Ubon Ratchathani.

The South reported seven more deaths - Nakhon Si Thammarat (3), Satun (2), Pattani (1) and Phangnga (1).

The North saw 12 more deaths - in Phetchabun (4), Chiang Rai (3), Phrae (3), Mae Hong Son (2).

The 4,193 new cases included 4,143 local infections and 29 imported cases. Of the local infections, 4,087 were confirmed at hospitals and 56 via mass testing.

Bangkok had 629 new cases, followed by 460 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 213 in Songkhla, 175 in Chon Buri, 155 in Samut Prakan, 143 in Pattani, 125 in Surat Thani, 102 each in Yala and Lamphun and 90 in Chiang Mai. The 29 imported cases were from 12 countries. 

On Thursday 28,604 people received Covid-19 treatment at hospitals, including 1,132 seriously ill patients and 314 dependent on ventilators.

Global Covid-19 cases rose by 602,869 in 24 hours to 268 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 7,049 to 5.3 million. The US had the most cases at 50.5 million, up 110,894, and the most deaths at 815,269, up 1,088.

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