Daily Covid cases below 2,500 for first time since early June

Daily Covid cases below 2,500 for first time since early June

A woman reacts as she is jabbed with the Moderna vaccine at the Zeer Rangsit shopping mall in Pathum Thani province on Monday. Free first, second and booster jabs are being offered to residents by the provincial administrative organisation. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)
A woman reacts as she is jabbed with the Moderna vaccine at the Zeer Rangsit shopping mall in Pathum Thani province on Monday. Free first, second and booster jabs are being offered to residents by the provincial administrative organisation. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

There were 32 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,476 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning.

This compared with 31 coronavirus-related fatalities and 2,525 new cases reported on Monday morning.

The last time Thailand logged fewer than 2,500 daily cases was June 10.

On Monday, 3,649 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

The 32 new fatalities included three in Bangkok and one in the adjacent province of Nakhon Pathom.

Other central plain provinces further from the capital recorded four more deaths - in Kanchanaburi (2) and Chon Buri (2).

The Northeast had four new fatalities in Khon Kaen (2), Loei (1) and Ubon Ratchathani (1).

The South reported nine more deaths - Trang (2), Songkhla (2), Chumphon (1), Phangnga (1), Yala (1), Satun (1) and Surat Thani (1).

The North saw 11 new fatalities in Chiang Mai (4), Phetchabun (3), Tak (2), Mae Hong Son (1) and Phitsanulok (1).

Capital region, South lead new cases

The 2,476 new cases included 2,429 cases in the general population, 47 among prison inmates and 30 imported from abroad.

Of the local infections, 2,358 were confirmed at hospitals and 41 via mass testing.

Bangkok had 559 new cases, followed by 174 in Chon Buri, 114 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 96 in Samut Prakan, 85 in Songkhla, 65 each in Surat Thani and Chiang Mai, 63 in Trang, 60 in Krabi and 53 each in Nakhon Sawan and Phitsanulok.

The 30 imported cases were from the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (3), Russia (1), Oman (1), Saudi (6), the United States (8), the United Arab Emirates (3), Denmark (3), Germany (1), Finland (1), Slovenia (1) and Cambodia (1).

On Monday 38,892 people received Covid-19 treatment at hospitals (down from 40,097 on the previous day), including 880 seriously ill patients (down from 899) and 237 dependent on ventilators (down from 246).

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 2,196,529 Covid-19 cases, with 2,136,197 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 21,346 during the third wave and 21,440 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The kingdom's 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was 312 recorded on Aug 13. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 13.Global Covid-19 cases rose by 545,626 in 24 hours to 275.79 million.

The worldwide death toll went up by 4,939 to 5.38 million. The US had the most cases at 52.06 million, up 143,530, and the most deaths at 828,836, up 623.

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