The number of new Covid-19 infections rose by 314 from the previous day to 3,684 but the death toll fell by three to 26, according to official data announced on Thursday.
Of the new cases, 3,540 were in the general population and 144 among prison inmates.
On Wednesday, 4,531 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started early last year, 2,181,960 people have contracted the coronavirus disease and 2,115,232 have recovered. All but 28,863 of the infections have occurred since April 1 of this year. A total of 21,286 people have died, all but 94 of them since April 1.
Dr Wichan Pawan, director of the Division of Communicable Diseases said on Thursday afternoon that the 26 new fatalities were aged 35-98.
Bangkok logged two new deaths while two others were reported in the adjacent provinces of Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon.
Other central plains provinces further from the capital recorded five more deaths in Sing Buri (2), Prachin Buri (1), Suphan Buri (1) and Ayutthaya (1).
The Northeast had seven new fatalities in Nakhon Ratchasima (2), Ubon Ratchathani (2), Roi Et (1), Si Sa Ket (1) and Nong Bua Lam Phu (1).
The South reported 10 more deaths in Songkhla (5), Chumphon (2), Phatthalung (2) and Krabi (1).
The 3,684 new cases included 3,519 local infections and 21 imported cases.
Of the local infections, 3,161 were confirmed at hospitals and 78 via mass testing.
“New infections are on a downward trend,” Dr Wicharn said.
Bangkok had 572 new cases, followed by 289 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 166 in Samut Prakan, 160 in Chon Buri, 105 in Songkhla, 99 in Khon Kaen, 96 in Surat Thani, 90 in Ayutthaya, 89 in Nakhon Sawan and 81 in Tak.
The 21 imported cases were from Vietnam (2), Austria (1), South Sudan (1), Cambodia (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), the United States (2), Saudi Arabia (5), the United Kingdom (2), Australia (1), Hungary (1), Kuwait (1) and Russia (3).
On Wednesday 45,442 people received Covid-19 treatment at hospitals, down 873 from the previous day, including 1,000 seriously ill patients (-18) and 272 dependent on ventilators (-5).
The country logged record 312 deaths in a day on Aug 15 while the highest number of new cases was at 23,418 on Aug 13.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 707,768 in 24 hours to 272.46 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 7,822 to 5.34 million. The US had the most cases at 51.29 million, up 136,590, and the most deaths at 823,390, up 1,690.
