Thailand logged 12,697 new Covid-19 cases and 132 more fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

There were 12,527 cases in the general population and 170 among prison inmates.

The new cases fell from 13,256 new Covid cases announced on Thursday when the country recorded 131 more deaths.

On Wednesday, 13,540 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.

 

Since April 1, when the third wave of Covid-19 began, Thailand has treated 1,508,447 Covid-19 patients, 1,366,476 of whom have recovered to date.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,537,310 Covid-19 cases, with 1,393,902 complete recoveries so far.

The death toll stood at 15,922 during the third wave and 16,016 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The kingdom's all-time 24-hour high of Covid-19 fatalities was 312 recorded on Aug 18. The highest number of cases was 23,418 on Aug 13.

 

 

 

Bangkok Post