Thailand added 2,766 Covid-19 cases and 30 deaths on Friday, up slightly from the previous day.
The number of new cases, 57 of which were detected at prisons, increased by 95 from Thursday and the death toll also went up by three.
On Friday, 3,805 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started early last year, 2,207,438 people have contracted the coronavirus disease and 2,148,757 have recovered. All but 28,863 of the infections have occurred since April 1 of this year. A total of 21,558 people have died, all but 94 of them since April 1.
Vaccinations continued to progress, with 102.17 million doses administered as of Friday. People receiving the first, second and booster shot made up 70.7%, 62.8% and 8.3% of the population, respectively, as of Friday, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA)
The 30 new fatalities — 16 men and 14 women — were aged 35-97. All were Thais.
Bangkok and the adjacent province of Samut Sakhon recorded one new death each.
The Northeast saw eight more fatalities — three in Khon Kaen and one each in Loei, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram and Maha Sarakham.
The North reported five new deaths — two in Mae Hong Son and one each in Chiang Rai, Phetchabun and Tak.
The South had 14 new fatalities in Nakhon Si Thammarat (4), Krabi (3), Trang (2), Phatthalung (2), Satun (2) and Songkhla (1).
Kanchanaburi province saw one new death.
Bangkok on Saturday reported 451 new cases, up 40 from the previous day, followed by 192 in Chon Buri (+17), 182 in Nakhon Si Thammarat (+38), 116 in Samut Prakan (+29), 73 in Songkhla (-12), 66 in Chiang Mai (+10), 63 in Khon Kaen (-10), 61 in Kalasin (+36), 59 in Trang (+6) and 59 in Surat Thani (+15).
The 63 imported cases were from the United States (13), the United Kingdom (11), Franch (7), Saudi Arabia (4), Qatar (3), Finland (3), Spain (2), Russia (2), the United Arab Emirates (2), Canada (2), Germany (2), and one each from Scotland, Pakistan, Switzerland, Israel, Laos, Belgium, South Africa, Norway, Hungary, Denmark, Turkey and the Maldives.
On Friday, 37,123 people were being treated for Covid-19 at hospitals, including 789 seriously ill patients and 206 on ventilators.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 810,711 in 24 hours to 279.34 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 5,524 to 5.40 million. The US had the most cases at 52.98 million, up 197,856. Thailand ranked 24 th globally with 2.20 million cases.
