There were 22 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,532 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Sunday morning.
This compared with 30 coronavirus-related fatalities and 2,766 new cases reported on Saturday morning.
On Saturday, 3,771 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said in the afternoon briefing that almost half of the new deaths occurred in the southern region.
The 22 new fatalities were Thai nationals between the ages of 25 and 93, 10 of them in the southern region – three in Nakhon Si Thammarat, two in Satun and one each in Krabi, Chumphon, Trang, Ranong and Surat Thani.
Bangkok registered one fatality while none were detected in the city’s adjacent provinces.
Other central plain provinces further from the capital recorded five more deaths – two in Ratchaburi and one each in Chon Buri, Nakhon Sawan and Suphan Buri.
The Northeast had four new fatalities - one each in Nakhon Ratchasima, Yosothon, Sakon Nakhon and Ubon Ratchathani.
The North saw two new fatalities, one in Chiang Rai and one in Phrae.
The 2,532 new cases included 2,449 local infections and 60 imported cases.
Bangkok had 414 new cases, followed by 179 in Chon Buri, 144 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, 79 in Samut Prakan, 73 in Prachuap Khiri Khan, 66 in Chiang Mai, 60 in Surat Thani, 55 in Kalasin, 54 in Trang and 51 in Pathum Thani.
The 60 imported cases were from 20 countries, led by 12 from the United Kingdom and nine from the United States.
On Saturday 35,862 people received Covid-19 treatment at hospitals, including 813 seriously ill patients and 206 dependent on ventilators.Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 2,209,970 Covid-19 cases, with 2,152,528 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 21,486 during the third wave and 21,580 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 481,911 in 24 hours to 279 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 3,907 to 3.9 million. The US had the most cases at 53 million, up 40,458, and the most deaths at 837,779, up 108.
(Screenshot from https://epidemic-stats.com/coronavirus/thailand)