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242 daily Covid deaths, 17,491 new cases Monday

Officials in Pathum Thani give out rice to help reduce the cost of living caused by the Covid-19 lockdown. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

There were 242 more Covid-19 deaths and 17,491 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.

There were 17,093 cases in the general population and 398 in prisons.

Over the past 24 hours, 22,134 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals.

Since April 1, around when the third wave of Covid-19 began, there have been 1,037,923 Covid-19 patients, 834,344 of whom have recovered.

Since the pandemic started early last year, there have been 1,066,786 Covid-19 cases, 861,989 of whom recovered.

The death toll was at 9,468 in the third wave and 9,562 from the beginning of the pandemic early last year.

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