Thailand logged 12 more Covid-19-related fatalities -- the fewest since April 29 -- and 3,091 new coronavirus cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning.
There were 3,089 cases in the general population and two among prison inmates.
On Monday, 2,688 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus.
Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 2,235,576 Covid-19 cases, with 2,180,321 complete recoveries so far.
The vast majority of the Covid cases and deaths have occurred since April 1 last year around when the third wave of Covid-19 began.
The death toll stood at 21,656 during the third wave and 21,750 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.
