The country registered 1,769 new Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals and 27 more coronavirus-related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.
The new numbers were broadly similar to the 1,631 inpatients and 29 deaths reported on Saturday. The governent no longer reports new infections that do not warrant inpatient treatment, although these likely number in the tens of thousands every day.
All cases announced on Sunday were local infections
The 24-hour period saw 2,305 patients discharged from hospitals after recovering.
As of Saturday, a total of 17,554 people were receiving Covid-19 treatment — 9,157 in hospitals and the rest in hospitel facilities, home/community isolation and others, according to the daily update posted by the Department of Disease Control.
Of those in hospital, 764 were seriously ill patients with lung inflammation, with 383 dependent on ventilators.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration said on Sunday afternoon that the 27 people who died were aged from 40 to 105 with the average age of 74. All of them were Thais.
Bangkok logged eight new deaths and there were five in adjacent provinces — two each in Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi and one in Samut Prakan.
Other central plains provinces further from the capital had 11 deaths — three each in Lop Buri and Saraburi, two in Chonburi and one each in Chachoengsao, Nakhon Nayok and Ayutthaya.
The North reported no deaths, while the Northeast saw two new fatalities in Roi Et and the South had one death in Songkhla.
Vaccinations continued to progress, with 142.66 million doses administered as of Saturday. The government said 82.3% of the population has now received at least one dose of the vaccine, 77.2% at least two shots and 45.6% at least one booster shot.
On Saturday alone, 56,743 vaccine doses were administered — 6,539 as a first shot, 13,021 as a second shot and 37,183 as a booster shot.Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,646,412 Covid-19 cases, including 2,422,977 cases this year, with 4,582,529 complete recoveries to date.
The accumulated death toll stood at 32,222 since the beginning of the pandemic, including 10,524 so far this year.
The highest number of Covid-related fatalities in a 24-hour period was 312 recorded on Aug 13, 2021. The highest number of cases was 28,379 on April 1, 2022.
Global Covid-19 cases rose by 527,580 million in 24 hours to 605.42 million. The worldwide death toll went up by 1,216 to 6.48 million.
