Thailand logged 39 more Covid-19 fatalities on Friday, up 11 from the previous day, and 4,079 new cases, down 114, according to the Public Health Ministry.
Of the new cases, 4,063 cases were in the general population and 19 among inmates.
Since the pandemic started early last year, 2,164,859 people have contracted the coronavirus disease and 2,090,253 have recovered. All but 28,863 of the infections have occurred since April 1 of this year. A total of 21,151 people have died, all but 94 of them since April 1.
Vaccinations continued to progress, with 97.18 million doses administered as of Friday. The number of fully vaccinated people represented at 60% of the population as of Friday, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
The centre said the 39 new fatalities were aged 40-102 and included a Myanmar citizen and a Dutch national.
Bangkok continued to log the most fatalities at three. Another death was reported in the adjacent province of Samut Prakan.
Other central plains provinces further from the capital recorded 12 more deaths — three in Chon Buri, two each in Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan and one each in Chanthaburi, Prachin Buri and Samut Songkhram.
The Northeast reported four more deaths — two in Bung Kan and one each in Loei and Maha Sarakham.
The South reported 12 more fatalities in Songkhla (4), Trang (2), Pattani (2), Surat Thani (2) Phuket (1) and Nakhon Si Thammarat (1).
The North logged seven deaths in Chiang Mai (5), Phichit (1) and Lampang (1).
Of the 4,079 new cases, 4,063 were local infections and 16 imported cases. Of the local infections, 3,974 were confirmed at hospitals, 70 via mass testing and 19 in prisons.
Bangkok reported the most new cases on Saturday, at 664, up 35 from Friday, followed by Nakhon Si Thammarat 371 (-89), Songkhla 226 (+13) and Surat Thani 146 (+21), Chon Buri 140 (-35), Samut Prakan 130 (-25), Pattani 107 (-36), Chiang Mai 88 (-2), Chumphon 82 (+18) and Trang 78 (+3).
The 16 imported cases were from the United States (3), Israel (2), France (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1), Uzbekistan (1), Sweden (1), Germany (1), Taiwan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1) and Cambodia (1).
On Friday, 53,455 people were being treated at hospitals, including 1,115 seriously ill patients and 315 dependent on ventilators.
On Friday, 7,032 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
The kingdom’s all-time 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was 312 recorded on Aug 18. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 13.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 608,254 to 269.42 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 7,602 to 5.31 million. The US had most cases at 50.70 million, up 136,839. Thailand ranked 24 th globally, with 2.16 million cases.
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