12,888 new Covid cases, 126 more deaths

12,888 new Covid cases, 126 more deaths

A girl colors a drawing while waiting to receive a vaccine against Covid-19 at Bang Sue Grand Station, Bangkok, on Friday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)
A girl colors a drawing while waiting to receive a vaccine against Covid-19 at Bang Sue Grand Station, Bangkok, on Friday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

The country registered 126 more Covid-19 fatalities and 12,888 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

This compared with the 129 coronavirus-related fatalities and 14,053 new cases reported on Friday morning.

The new case numbers did not include 12,399 positive results from antigen tests over the previous 24 hours, which would raise the total to 25,287.

As of Friday, a total of 151,567 people were receiving Covid-19 treatment (down from 155,910 on the previous day). They included 38,596 in hospitals (down from 40,517). Among the remainder, 112,971 were in field hospitals, hospitel facilities and home/community isolation, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Saturday afternoon.

Of those in hospitals, 1,773 were seriously ill patients with lung inflammation (down from 1,818) and 825 were dependent on ventilators (up from 815).

Of the seriously ill patients, Bangkok had the most cases at 150, followed by 91 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 73 in Kanchanaburi, 69 in Khon Kaen, 66 in Samut Prakan, 63 in Suphan Buri, 56 in Ubon Ratchathani, 52 in Udon Thani, 47 in Phitsanulok and 42 in Nonthaburi.

The 24-hour period also saw 17,105 patients discharged from hospitals after recovering.

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The CCSA said the 126 new fatalities were between the ages of three months and 109 years. There were 66 men and 60 women. By nationality, there were 124 Thais, one Myanmar and one Cambodian.

Bangkok saw 11 new deaths and there were 14 fatalities in adjacent provinces – five in Pathum Thani, four in Samut Prakan, two each in Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon and one in Nonthaburi.

Other provinces in the Central Plains had 34 deaths – three each in Nakhon Sawan, Saraburi, Sa Kaeo, Trat, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi, two in Chon Buri and one each in Rayong, Nakhon Nayok, Chanthaburi, Uthai Thani, Lop Buri, Samut Songkhram, Prachuap Khiri Khan and Suphan Buri.

The Northeast logged 45 new fatalities – five each in Sakon Nakhon, Roi Et and Nong Bua Lam Phu, four each in Bueng Kan, Si Sa Ket and Loei, three each in Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen and Kalasin, two each in Surin and Udon Thani and one each in Nong Khai, Chaiyaphum, Yasothon, Mukdahan and Ubon Ratchathani.

The North reported 17 deaths – four each in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Kamphaeng Phet and two each in Phichit and Phitsanulok and one in Uttaradit.

The South had five new deaths – four in Songkhla and one in Trang.

The new infections comprised 12,745 in the general population, 39 among prison inmates and 104 in arrivals from other countries.

Of the new infections in the general population, 12,703 were confirmed at hospitals and 42 via mass testing.

Bangkok continued to lead the most daily cases at 3,051, followed by 496 in Si Sa Ket, 467 in Buri Ram, 432 in Chon Buri, 399 in Khon Kaen, 386 in Samut Prakan, 340 in Roi Et, 309 in Ubon Ratchathani, 276 in Nonthaburi and 270 in Maha Sarakham.

The 104 imported cases came from 24 countries. They included 28 from Laos, 12 from India, 10 from Australia, eight each from Singapore and the United Kingdom, seven from the United States, five from France and four each from the United Arab Emirates and Germany.

Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,250,949 Covid-19 cases, including 2,027,514 this year, with 4,070,856 complete recoveries to date.

The accumulated death toll stood at 28,526 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 6,828 so far this year.

Global Covid-19 cases rose by 580,524 in 24 hours to 512.89 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 2,261 to 6.25 million.

The United States had the most cases at 83.03 million, up 62,993.

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