The government on Thursday announced fewer than 10,000 confirmed new Covid-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day, while the death toll was the lowest since the beginning of March.
The 9,790 new cases logged during the previous 24 hours were marginally higher than the 9,288 new cases reported on Wednesday morning. But coronavirus-related fatalities dropped by 28 to 52.
Thursday’s figures did not include 8,728 positive results from antigen tests over the past 24 hours. This would raise the total to 18,518.
According to the the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), the 54 people who died were aged from 36 to 103.
Bangkok logged three new deaths and there were two fatalities in the adjacent provinces of Nakhon Pathom and Pathum Thani.
Other central plains provinces further from the capital had 10 deaths - three in Suphan Buri and one each in Ratchaburi, Nakhon Sawan, Saraburi, Uthai Thani, Chon Buri, Rayong and Sa Kaeo.
The North reported 12 deaths - three in Chiang Mai, two in Lampang and one each in Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phayao, Nan and Mae Hong Son.
The Northeast saw 19 new fatalities - three each in Ubon Ratchathani and Buri Ram, two each in Yasothon, Si Sa Ket, Loei and Nakhon Ratchasima and one each in Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nong Bua Lam Phu, Roi Et and Surin.
The South had eight deaths - four in Nakhon Si Thammarat, two in Surat Thani and one each in Songkhla and Ranong.
“As much as 61% of the new fatalities were unvaccinated or had received only one vaccine shot, 30% had two jabs and the rest three shots,” said CCSA spokeswoman Sumanee Wacharasin.
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The 9,790 new cases found around the country on Wednesday and announced on Thursday included 9,772 new cases in the general population and 14 among prison inmates. Four arrivals from Saudi Arabia also tested positive.
Of the new infections in the general population, 9,719 were confirmed at hospitals and 53 via mass testing.
“The number of new Covid-19 cases in the country is below 10,000 for the fourth consecutive day… It is declining in line with new cases around the world,” Dr Sumanee said.
Bangkok continued to log the most daily cases at 2,990, followed by 321 in Buri Ram, 296 in Chon Buri, 274 in Samut Prakan, 267 in Roi Et, 254 in Surin, 252 in Si Sa Ket, 240 in Khon Kaen, 200 in Ubon Ratchathani and 195 in Maha Sarakham.
As of Wednesday, a total of 101,281 people were receiving Covid-19 treatment (down from 108,654 on the previous day), including 31,227 in hospitals (down from 32,021). Among the remainder 10,832 were in field hospitals/hospitel facilities (down from 11,584) and 58,794 in home/community isolation (down from 64,634).
Of those in hospital, 1,638 were seriously ill patients with lung inflammation (unchanged) and 776 dependent on ventilators (unchanged).
Of the seriously ill patients, Bangkok had the most cases at 130, followed by 88 in Nakhon Ratchasima, 66 in Kanchanaburi, 61 in Ubon Ratchathani and 57 in Samut Prakan.
The 24-hour period also saw 17,109 patients discharged from hospitals after recovering.
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,300,614 Covid-19 cases, including 2,077,179 this year, with 4,170,419 complete recoveries to date.
The accumulated death toll stood at 28,914 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 7,216 so far this year.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 604,662 in 24 hours to 515.33 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 1,960 to 6.26 million.
The United States had the most cases at 83.36 million, up 71,798, and the most deaths at 1.02 million, up 305.
