There were 149 more Covid-19 fatalities and 19,603 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.
There were 19,290 cases in the general population and 313 among prison inmates.
Over the past 24 hours, 19,819 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said Bangkok logged the most new cases -- 3,114 -- followed by Samut Prakan (1,388), Samut Sakhon (1,378) and Chon Buri (1,318).
Bangkok and five other neighbouring provinces -- Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and Nakhon Pathom -- collectively registered 80 fatalities, while four southern provinces had 10 deaths, The remaining 55 deaths occurred in other parts of the country, including four in prisons.
The CCSA said 65% of the fatalities reported on Monday were people aged 60 or more.
Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 747,245 Covid-19 patients, 527,908 of whom have recovered.
Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 776,108 Covid-19 cases, 555,334 of whom recovered.
The death toll was at 6,259 in the third wave and 6,353 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.
